Firm specific and macro herding by professional and amateur investors and their effects on market volatility

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1599-1609

  Venezia, Itzhak ^a   Nashikkar, Amrut ^b   Shapira, Zur ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amateur investors; Behavioral finance; Herding; Professional investors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955573071     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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