Journal of Corporate Finance Vol. 18 No. 5 2012
Convenience in the mutual fund industry
Abstract
I examine the role of convenience in the mutual fund industry. I find that investors pay more for relatively convenient funds, and that the flows to convenient funds are less responsive to performance. These findings suggest that investors do not evaluate mutual funds independently, but rather that investors select a primary fund, likely based on beliefs about managerial ability, and then select funds which are relatively convenient to this primary fund.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2012.09.003
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1326-1336
- Language
- en
- Sources
- bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref