Do actively managed funds perform better than index funds? A test in the Canadian market
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عنوان ژورنال: The Bulletin of the Dnipropetrovsk University. Series: Management of Innovations
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2414-956X,2409-7101
DOI: 10.15421/191616