Herd behavior in the Japanese loan market: Evidence from bank panel data

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-583

  Uchida, Hirofumi ^a   Nakagawa, Ryuichi ^b,c  

^a WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjusted LSV herding measure; Banks; Herd behavior; Japan; Loan market; LSV herding measure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648816531     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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