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Gender difference and job replacement for mutual fund

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This paper develops parametric shared-frailty models to analyze the likelihood of the spell time of job replacement. This empirical study identifies the importance of window dressing, herding behavior, and fund manager’s characteristics from the viewpoints of gender and performance differences. Finally, it considers how gender difference contributes to managerial turnover, while it finds that performance difference is not quite different among fund managers in Taiwan.

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Chen, JH. Gender difference and job replacement for mutual fund. Qual Quant 44, 661–671 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-009-9228-9

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