Do investors herd in emerging stock markets?: Evidence from the Taiwanese market

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-295

  Demirer, Riza ^a   Kutan, Ali M ^a,b,c   Chen, Chun Da ^d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity return dispersion; Herd behavior; Non linear and state space models; Taiwan Stock Exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957332158     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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