Herding in the German mutual fund industry

European Financial Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-406

  Walter, Andreas ^a   Moritz Weber, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

German stock market; Herding; Mutual funds; Positive feedback trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247847864     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-7798.2006.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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