Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/167771 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Journal of Financial Studies [ISSN:] 2227-7072 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 3-30
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
In the mutual fund literature, it is an established fact that investors "chase past performance". However, the opposite impact of flows on performance is widely discussed. Mainly, liquidity costs are held responsible for short-term erosion of performance, while high inflows enhance performance over longer horizons. I investigate this relation for various groups of equity, bond, and money market funds and find significant outperformance in high inflow funds over several months, especially for specific bond fund groups. In addition, I test whether this information can be exploited using simple investment strategies but find that the abnormal returns are too low to offset associated costs.
Subjects: 
mutual fund performance
fund flows
trading strategies
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