In response to the scarce evidence regarding herd behaviour in emerging and frontier debt markets, this paper investigates the potential mispricing of MENA sovereign risk. We explore whether this mispricing results from international investor herding, where MENA debt assets are collectively...

Short-selling restrictions are often enacted during financial turmoil to promote market stability, though most research highlights their negative impact on market quality. This study examines the stability and effectiveness of these restrictions in preventing market crashes in an agent-based...

This study examines herding behavior in six MENA stock markets, with a focus on the impact of geopolitical risks and downward/upward market conditions during COVID-19/non-COVID-19 periods. Empirical results reveal significant differences among MENA countries regarding herding behavior and the...

The study examines the dynamics of herding behavior in relation to macroeconomic shocks and monetary policy shifts in the Bangladesh equity market. By employing robust empirical methodologies across distinct market states including bullish, bearish, crisis, extended crisis, and COVID-19 phases,...

This study investigates the impact of information communication technology (ICT), economic freedom, and economic sustainability on herding behavior, and examines whether the link between economic freedom and economic sustainability depends on ICT. Using quantile regression on a sample of seven...

This study investigates the influence of FOMO, loss aversion, and herd behavior on gold investment decisions in the Vietnamese market. Employing data collected from 727 investors and the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) method, the analysis results confirm the pivotal...

Understanding generational differences in herding behavior is crucial for policymakers, financial educators, and market regulators, particularly in emerging markets where retail investor participation is rapidly growing. This study investigates the influence of herding behavior on investment...

Although momentum strategies result in abnormal profitability, thereby challenging the efficient market hypothesis (EMH), concerns persist regarding their reliability due to their significant volatility and susceptibility to substantial losses. In this study, we investigate the limitations of...

The development of stock markets is pivotal for economic growth, particularly through the mobilization of idle resources into productive investments. Despite recent reforms to enhance Uzbekistan's capital market, public engagement remains limited. This study examines the behavioral determinants...

Financial studies on the herding effect have been very popular for decades, as detecting herding behavior helps to explain price deviations and market inefficiencies. However, studying the herding effect as a single influencing factor is believed to be insufficient to explain the changes in...

The results reveal significant evidence of herding in the overall, bearish, and extended crisis market phases during extreme downturns, while the magnitude of market returns in the tail distribution is considered. Asymmetric herding behavior is more pronounced and prevalent, conditioned by...

This paper investigates the relationship between aggregate market herding and investor attention in seven selected equity markets over the period of 2004-2019. The multinomial logistic regression employed in this study provides a more direct, comprehensive, and straightforward test than other...

This paper investigates the effect of herd behavior, or information cascades, on the willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19. We use the 2021/2022 wave of the European Social Survey combined with data from the organization Our World in Data and measure the herding behavior as the change in...

Institutional investors exert significant influence on the operations and development of financial institutions, with different categories of investors playing distinct roles. We contend that institutional investor diversity may affect systemic financial risk. This study proposes novel measures...

We investigate the emergence of the Vienna Initiative (VI) as a public-private partnership established in response to the global financial crisis, and assess its short-term impact on the risk metrics of Western European banks. Our findings suggest that negative herding behavior toward certain...

This study aims to investigate the impact of herding behavior on environmental, social, governance (ESG) disclosure among firms listed on the Egyptian stock exchange, with the moderating role of market capitalization.

This study examined the effectiveness of machine learning models in capturing adaptive herding behaviour in the US, China, and India. Utilising data from January 2010 to December 2023, this study incorporates market sentiment (Thomson Reuters MarketPsych Indices), news sentiment (Bloomberg...

This study aims to analyse the influence of firm-specific information (FSI) on herd behaviour in the Indian equity market, with a particular focus on asymmetrical herding and the role of liquidity on stock price crash risk. Drawing on data from the S&P CNX NIFTY Index and 44 constituent stocks...

This paper gathers evidence related to behavioral anomalies like the herding bias, the disposition effect, overconfidence bias, and noise trading in the stock markets of western and eastern economies, with a focus on India, the USA, and the UK. It describes the market situation in which...

Research background: There is no research found till date that investigated the behavioural biases ("disposition effect, herding behaviour and blue-chip stocks") and "risk perception on investment decision making" in the Indian stock market (National Stock Exchange) by applying Structured...

Although the 2022 cryptocurrency market crash prompted despair among investors, the rallying cry, "wagmi" (We're all gonna make it.) emerged among cryptocurrency enthusiasts in the aftermath. Did cryptocurrency enthusiasts respond to this crash differently compared to traditional investors?...

Strategies for sustainable intensification of livestock are becoming increasingly important in designing interventions to develop the sector. In dairying systems, herd health management is among such strategies. While adoption patterns and productivity gains have been analyzed in previous...