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title: Threat-rigidity vs. social loafing in team-managed funds
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/jau-wpaper-2026-12/
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updated: 2026-11-14
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: RePEc:jau:wpaper:2026/12
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:jau:wpaper:2026/12
featured: 2026-11-13
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Threat-rigidity vs. social loafing in team-managed funds

Teams outperform solo managers by 11.5 basis points during outflows through threat-rigidity cohesion, but underperform by 36 basis points during inflows due to social loafing.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:jau:wpaper:2026/12
- Identifier: RePEc:jau:wpaper:2026/12
- Released: 2026-11-09
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 139 (2026-11-13): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-11-13/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation
- Authors: Cristhian Rodriguez-Revilla, Carlos Castro-Iragorri, Aurora García-Gallego

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