Index funds should be expected to underperform the index: Applied Economics Letters: Vol 17, No 10

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A widespread belief is that index funds should earn the index return. We argue that this would lead to a serious paradox. In our model, we analyse the effects of an increasing number of investors switching from active to passive investment.

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