Gaming performance fees by portfolio managers.

We show that it is very difficult to devise performance-based compensation contracts that reward portfolio managers who generate excess returns while screening out managers who cannot generate such returns. Theoretical bounds are derived on the amount of fee manipulation that is possible under vario...

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Main Authors: Foster, D, Young, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: MIT Press 2010
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