The concept of cloning investment manager ideas has been supported by numerous academic studies. Below is a selection of research papers that we think investors will find interesting.
Imitation is the Fondest Form of Flattery: Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway
Best Ideas (Cohen, Polk, Silli - 2010)
Better than the Original? The Relative Success of Copycat Funds (Verbeek, Wang - 2010)
Imitation is the Fondest Form of Flattery: Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway
(Martin, Purthenpurackal - 2008)
Is Money Really 'Smart'? New Evidence on the Relation Between Mutual Fund Flows, Manager Behavior, and Performance Persistence (Wermers, 2003)
Copycat Funds: Information Disclosure Regulation and the Returns to Active Management in the Mutual Fund Industry (Myers, Poterba, Shackelford, Shoven - 2001)
