Estimating a Structural Model of Herd Behavior in Financial Markets /
We develop a new methodology to estimate the importance of herd behavior in financial markets: we build a structural model of informational herding that can be estimated with financial transaction data. In the model, rational herding arises because of information-event uncertainty. We estimate the m...
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| פורמט: | כתב-עת |
| שפה: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2010.
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| סדרה: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2010/288 |
| גישה מקוונת: | Full text available on IMF |
| סיכום: | We develop a new methodology to estimate the importance of herd behavior in financial markets: we build a structural model of informational herding that can be estimated with financial transaction data. In the model, rational herding arises because of information-event uncertainty. We estimate the model using data on a NYSE stock (Ashland Incorporated) during 1995. Herding often arises and is particularly pervasive on some days. The proportion of herd buyers (sellers) is 2 percent (4 percent) and is greater than 10 percent in 7 percent (11 percent) of information-event days. Herding causes important informational inefficiencies, amounting, on average, to 4 percent of the expected asset value. |
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| תיאור פיזי: | 1 online resource (33 pages) |
| פורמט: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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