Portfolio Manager Ownership and Mutual Fund Risk Taking

Linlin Ma
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Linlin Ma
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1281-4728
Peking University, HSBC Business School, Shenzhen 518055, China;
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Yuehua Tang
Yuehua Tang
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7288-2995
University of Florida, Warrington College of Business, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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Linlin Ma

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Linlin Ma

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1281-4728

Peking University, HSBC Business School, Shenzhen 518055, China;

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Yuehua Tang

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7288-2995

University of Florida, Warrington College of Business, Gainesville, Florida 32611

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Published Online:14 Feb 2019https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3104

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Received:January 18, 2016
Accepted:April 04, 2018
Published Online:February 14, 2019

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