This paper investigates the expectation formation process of Japanese stock market professionals. By utilizing a monthly forecast survey dataset on the TOPIX distributed by QUICK Corporation, we sort forecasters into buy-side and sell-side professionals. We empirically demonstrate that the...

Recent empirical research has documented asymmetric volatility and volatility clustering in stock markets. We conjecture that a limit of arbitrage due to a borrowing constraint and herding behavior by investors are related to these phenomena. This study conducts simulation analyses on a spin...

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