Does herding behavior exist in Chinese stock markets?

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-142

  Demirer, Riza ^a   Kutan, Ali M ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese financial markets; Equity return dispersion; Herd behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644789663     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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