Herding by foreign investors and emerging market equity returns: Evidence from Korea

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 698-710

  Jeon, Jin Q ^a   Moffett, Clay M ^b  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Feedback trading; Foreign investment; Herding

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956648561     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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