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We estimate the effects of peer benchmarking by institutional investors on asset prices. To identify trades purely due to peer benchmarking as separate from those based on fundamentals or private information, we exploit a natural experiment involving a change in a government-imposed...
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Using a unique data set, we find that large individual investors are successful at picking stocks. Large individual investors' correlated trades can not only move synchronous stock prices but also positively predict future returns. More importantly, they tend to trade before major earnings...
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This paper examines herding, heterogeneity, and momentum trading of institutional investors in Israel across a broad … variety of financial assets. While previous studies typically focus on stocks only, we examine herding patterns, heterogeneity …
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. Statistical analysis of the survey results reveals a short-term bias in fund managers' investment time horizons, herding, and self …
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Based on a questionnaire survey the paper distinguishes between herding asset managers who try to be good and non-herding … asset managers who try to be better than their competitors. It provides evidence for reputational herding and discusses … herding managers\\\' working effort, preferred sources of information and investment horizon. Additionally, their risk taking …
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finance. A broadly discussed behavioural bias is herding, i.e. the tendency of investors to imitate each others’ decisions …. Herding is a phenomenon with far-reaching implications for financial markets, but its importance becomes even larger if it is … undoubtedly herd, with the extent of herding being irrelevant to the price movements observed in the market. Managers herd …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of theory and empirical evidence on herding behavior in … empirical and theoretical research have provided a significant insight on investor herding behavior. Research limitations … implications – The paper may need empirical methodologies to evaluate herding that address current limitations. Originality …
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Using high frequency intraday data, this paper investigates the herding behavior of institutional and individual … investors in the Taiwan stock market. The study finds evidence of herding by both investors but a stronger herding tendency … higher pressure and among small stocks. These findings suggest that the herding of institutional investors speeds up the …
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institutional investors impact such herding. In particular, the article looks at the impact of Foreign Institutional Investors flows … as well as mutual funds on herding. The work also looks at the the impact of index return and volatility on herding …
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Herding behavior, which is investing in crowded stocks during a specific period, will push the target stocks' return … herding, we find that a zero-cost investing strategy of buying long and high and selling short and high is profitable. The … profits gained strategically through herding by individual investors are greater than those earned by institutional investors …
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