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Out of the Dark: Hedge Fund Reporting Biases and Commercial Databases
Adam L. Aiken
Quinnipiac University
Christopher P. Clifford
University of Kentucky
Jesse A. Ellis
University of Alabama
July 6, 2012
Review of Financial Studies (Forthcoming)
Abstract:
We examine the potential for selection bias in voluntarily reported hedge fund performance data. We construct a novel set of hedge fund returns that have never been reported to a commercial hedge fund database. These returns allow a direct comparison of performance between funds that choose to report to commercial databases and funds that do not. We find that funds that report their performance to commercial databases significantly outperform non-reporting funds. Our results suggest that the voluntarily reported performance in commercial databases suffers from a selection bias that may exaggerate the average skill of the universe of hedge fund managers.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 77
Keywords: Hedge Funds, Fund of Funds, Data Biases, Performance Measurement
JEL Classification: G11, G23
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Date posted: December 19, 2009
; Last revised: September 19, 2012
Suggested CitationAiken, Adam L., Clifford, Christopher P. and Ellis, Jesse A., Out of the Dark: Hedge Fund Reporting Biases and Commercial Databases (July 6, 2012). Review of Financial Studies (Forthcoming). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1519914 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1519914
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