pension funds herd and that their herding negatively forecasts stock returns. In contrast, we find no evidence that herding by …

and chartists, comprises four features: (i) price determination by excess demand; (ii) a herding mechanism that gives rise …

Using the herding measures of Lakonishok, Shleifer and Vishny (1992) (LSV) and Frey, Herbst and Walter (2007) (FHW), we … assess herding by French equity mutual funds between 1999 and 2005. We show that LSV herding amounts to 6.5% while FHW … herding is about 2.5 times stronger. We observe that herding is stronger in small than in medium and large capitalization …

This paper first extends Sias (2004) to examine whether UK fund managers are engaged in herding behaviours in the stock … market, their reasons for herding, whether their herding behaviours are different during bullish and bearish periods and … whether or not their herding behaviours are informational. Our results demonstrate that UK fund managers' cascades primarily …