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Efficient Market Managers

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  • Vladimir Atanasov

    (Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, 101 Ukrop Way, Alan B. Miller Hall, Room 3088, Williamburg, VA 23185, USA)

  • Christo Pirinsky

    (Department of Finance, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 161400, Orlando, FL 32816-1400, USA)

  • Qinghai Wang

    (Department of Finance, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 161400, Orlando, FL 32816-1400, USA)

Abstract

We examine the effect of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) on the investment behavior of mutual fund managers. We show that managers who are more likely to be exposed to the ideas of EMH throughout their higher education are more “passive” than their unexposed peers: they are more likely to manage index funds, and when managing active funds, they hold portfolios with larger numbers of stocks and deviate less from their investment benchmarks. Exposed managers, however, take more systematic risks. Although academic exposure to the EMH does not result in better performance, it helps professional investors generate capital inflows.

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  • Vladimir Atanasov & Christo Pirinsky & Qinghai Wang, 2021. "Efficient Market Managers," Quarterly Journal of Finance (QJF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(02), pages 1-35, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:qjfxxx:v:11:y:2021:i:02:n:s2010139221500099
    DOI: 10.1142/S2010139221500099
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