Herd Behavior in Financial Markets : A Review /

Policymakers often express concern that herding by financial market participants destabilizes markets and increases the fragility of the financial system. This paper provides an overview of the recent theoretical and empirical research on herd behavior in financial markets. It addresses the followin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharma, Sunil
Other Authors: Bikhchandani, Sushil
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/048
Online Access:Full text available on IMF