This paper examines herd behaviour in extreme market conditions using data from the Athens Stock Exchange. We test for the presence of herding as suggested by Christie and Huang (1995) and Chang, Cheng, and Khorana (2000). Results based on daily, weekly and monthly data indicate the existence of...

This study provides comprehensive evidence testing for the existence of herding effects in the Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and Greek market, constructing a survivor-bias-free dataset of daily stock returns during the period January 1998 - December 2008. Moreover, it examines the potential...

This study examines the existence of herding effects in the US REITs market, constructing a survivorship-bias-free dataset of daily returns during the period January 2004-December 2009. Apart from documenting the existence of herding behavior by conducting comprehensive tests, we also explore...