This paper sheds new light on herding of institutional investors by using a unique database that identifies every … transaction made by financial institutions in the German stock market. First, the analysis reveals that herding behavior of … previous studies overestimate herding. Third, our results suggest that herding by large financial institutions mainly results …

This paper employs a new and comprehensive data set to investigate short-term herding behavior of institutional … investors. Using data of all transactions made by financial institutions in the German stock market, we show that herding … behavior occurs on a daily basis. However, in contrast to longer-term herding measures obtained from quarterly data, results …

Anlageverhalten der Fondsmanager in den Vereinigten Staaten, in Deutschland sowie in der Schweiz mittels einer schriftlichen Befragung … Erkenntnisse über das Anlageverhalten von Fondsmanagern. Es zeigt sich, dass sie die Effizienz der Finanzmärkte dahingehend in … Frage stellen, dass sie nicht nur verzerrtes Anlageverhalten am Markt wahrnehmen, sondern auch selbst Phänomenen wie …

Most real world situations that are susceptible to herding are also characterized by direct payoff externalities. Yet …, the bulk of the theoretical and experimental literature on herding has focused on pure informational externalities. In … effects, first-mover advantage, etc.) in a standard information-based herding model. Our results are based on an internet …