This paper analyzes the trading activity of Taiwanese open-end equity mutual fund herding behaviour over the period of 1996 to 2008. We employ the herding measure suggested by Wermers (1999) and find strong evidence of both directional and directionless herding activities, and also of positive...

This paper analyzes the trading activity of Taiwanese open-end equity mutual fund herding behaviour over the period of 1996 to 2008. We find evidence of both directional and directionless herding. We also find that sell-side fund herding leads to price stabilization whereas buy side herding...