Consumer reaction on tumbling funds: Evidence from retail fund outflows during the financial crisis 2007/2008

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Consumer reaction on tumbling funds: Evidence from retail fund outflows during the financial crisis 2007/2008. / Schmidt, Daniel; Schmielewski, Frank.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2012. p. 1-28 (Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 228).

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Schmidt, D & Schmielewski, F 2012 'Consumer reaction on tumbling funds: Evidence from retail fund outflows during the financial crisis 2007/2008' Working Paper Series in Economics, no. 228, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, pp. 1-28.

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Schmidt, D., & Schmielewski, F. (2012). Consumer reaction on tumbling funds: Evidence from retail fund outflows during the financial crisis 2007/2008. (pp. 1-28). (Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 228). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Schmidt D, Schmielewski F. Consumer reaction on tumbling funds: Evidence from retail fund outflows during the financial crisis 2007/2008. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2012, p. 1-28. (Working Paper Series in Economics; 228).

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