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False discoveries in mutual fund performance: measuring luck in estimated alphas

This paper develops a simple technique that controls for "false discoveries," or mutual funds that exhibit significant alphas by luck alone. Our approach precisely separates funds into (1) unskilled, (2) zero-alpha, and (3) skilled funds, even with dependencies in cross-fund estimated alphas. We find that 75% of funds exhibit zero alpha (net of expenses), consistent with the Berk and Green equilibrium. Further, we find a significant proportion of skilled (positive alpha) funds prior to 1996, but almost none by 2006. We also show that controlling for false discoveries substantially improves the ability to find the few funds with persistent performance..Printed journal

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PSB lt.dasar - Pascasarjana1
Penerbit American Finance Association.,
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Subjek Equilibrium
Mutual funds
Portfolio performance
studies
Estimating techniques
ISBN/ISSN 221082
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