Estimating a Structural Model of Herd Behavior in Financial Markets
2014 ◽
Vol 104
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pp. 224-251
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We develop a new methodology to estimate herd behavior in financial markets. We build a 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 Inc.) during 1995. Herding occurs often and is particularly pervasive on some days. On average, the proportion of herd buyers is 2 percent; that of herd sellers is 4 percent. Herding also causes important informational inefficiencies in the market, amounting, on average, to 4 percent of the asset's expected value. (JEL C58, D82, D83, G12, G14)
2022 ◽
Vol 59
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pp. 101506
2021 ◽
2007 ◽
Vol 97
(4)
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pp. 1217-1249
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2021 ◽
Vol ahead-of-print
(ahead-of-print)
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