Obfuscation in mutual funds

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Mutual funds hold 32% of the U.S. equity market and comprise 58% retirement savings, yet retail investors consistently make poor choices when selecting funds. Theory suggests are partially due to fund managers creating unnecessarily complex disclosures fee structures keep uninformed obfuscate performance. An empirical challenge in investigating this “strategic obfuscation” theory is isolating manipulated complexity from arising inherent differences across We examine obfuscation among S&P 500 index funds, which have largely same regulations, risks, gross returns but charge widely different fees. Using bespoke measures designed for mutual we find evidence consistent with attempting high This study improves our understanding why how price dispersion persists homogeneous also discuss insights regulation academic literature on corporate disclosures.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Accounting and Economics

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['0165-4101', '1879-1980']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2021.101429