Do investors herd intraday in Australian equities?

International Journal of Managerial Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-219

  Henker, Julia ^a   Henker, Thomas ^a   Mitsios, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Investment Banking Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Equity capital; Finance; Investors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749362067     PISSN: 17439132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17439130610676475     Document Type: Article

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