An examination of herd behavior in equity markets: An international perspective

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1651-1679

  Chang, Eric C ^c   Cheng, Joseph W ^a   Khorana, Ajay ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Equity return dispersion; G15; Herd behavior; International capital markets; International finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001723963     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00096-5     Document Type: Article

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