In this paper, we investigate the presence of herd behaviour among lottery stocks using Max, skewness and idiosyncratic volatility in the Indian stock market during the period January 2000 to December 2018. We demonstrate that the herd behaviour is non-existent across proxies of lottery-stocks...

This study links the role of momentum and illiquidity (as proxied by Amihud's Illiq) in the cross section of stock returns in India for the period 2000-2012. Illiquidity premium is more pronounced among winners. Illiquid winners outperform liquid winners by an average 2.7% per month. We report...