Academic reference · Idiosyncratic Risk and Active Share
Cremers et al. (2009)
Cremers, K. J. M., & Petajisto, A. (2009). How active is your fund manager? A new measure that predicts performance. Review of Financial Studies, 22(9), 3329–3365.
Why it matters
Active Share is a central complement to tracking-error analysis when evaluating whether reported active management is economically meaningful.