Herd Behavior in Financial Markets

This paper provides an overview of the recent theoretical and empirical research on herd behavior in financial markets. It looks at what precisely is meant by herding, the causes of herd behavior, the success of existing studies in identifying the phenomenon, and the effect that herding has on financial markets. Copyright 2001, International Monetary Fund

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Bikhchandani, Sushil ; Sharma, Sunil
Published in:	IMF Staff Papers. - Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 1020-7635. - Vol. 47.2001, 3, p. 1-1
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	G1 - General Financial Markets ; G2 - Financial Institutions and Services ; F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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