This paper examines the causes of herd behavior in the Chinese stock market. Using the non-linear model of Chang, Cheng and Khorana (2000), we find robust evidence of herding in both the up and down markets. We contribute to the existing literature by exploring the underlying reasons for herding...

Tse and Chan (2003) investigated the relationship between property sales price and value of commuting time. However, property sales price is subject to the inherent limitation that it includes speculative elements. A better measure to be used for such study should be the rent paid by the genuine...

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