Cross-country effects in herding behaviour: Evidence from four south European markets

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 443-460

  Economou, Fotini ^a   Kostakis, Alexandros ^b   Philippas, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional dispersion of returns; Financial crisis; Herding behaviour; International financial markets; PIGS

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956336642     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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