Investment patterns and performance of investor groups in Japan

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-22

  Kamesaka, Akiko ^a   Nofsinger, John R ^b   Kawakita, Hidetaka ^c  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feedback trading; Foreign investors; Herding; Institutional investors; Investor behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037212176     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-538X(02)00095-1     Document Type: Article

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