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Manager’s gender and professional credentials in the performance of Polish investment funds

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  • Filip Dariusz

    (Department of Finance, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, in Warsaw (UKSW), Poland)

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Aim/purpose – This paper focuses on establishing whether investment fund performance is related to managerial characteristics, such as a manager’s gender and professional credentials.

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  • Filip Dariusz, 2019. "Manager’s gender and professional credentials in the performance of Polish investment funds," Journal of Economics and Management, Sciendo, vol. 38(4), pages 46-66, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:jecman:v:38:y:2019:i:4:p:46-66:n:4
    DOI: 10.22367/jem.2019.38.03
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    Keywords

    mutual funds; performance; managerial characteristics; portfolio managers;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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