An empirical analysis of herd behavior in global stock markets

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1911-1921

  Chiang, Thomas C ^a   Zheng, Dazhi ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional stock dispersion; Financial crisis; Herding behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953540248     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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