The behavioral basis of sell-side analysts’ herding

Sell-side analysts move away from the prevailing consensus as their confidence increases. As their confidence falls, they herd toward the prevailing consensus. Confidence as well as the associated propensity to move away from the herd increase as firms become more difficult to analyze. This behavior...

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Main Authors: Durand, Robert, Limkriangkrai, M., Fung, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37768
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author Durand, Robert
Limkriangkrai, M.
Fung, L.
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Fung, L.
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description Sell-side analysts move away from the prevailing consensus as their confidence increases. As their confidence falls, they herd toward the prevailing consensus. Confidence as well as the associated propensity to move away from the herd increase as firms become more difficult to analyze. This behavior is consistent with such analysts having lower meta-cognitive skills.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-377682017-09-13T14:28:06Z The behavioral basis of sell-side analysts’ herding Durand, Robert Limkriangkrai, M. Fung, L. Confidence Meta-cognition Sell-side analysts Behavioral finance Sell-side analysts move away from the prevailing consensus as their confidence increases. As their confidence falls, they herd toward the prevailing consensus. Confidence as well as the associated propensity to move away from the herd increase as firms become more difficult to analyze. This behavior is consistent with such analysts having lower meta-cognitive skills. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37768 10.1016/j.jcae.2014.08.001 Elsevier Ltd restricted
spellingShingle Confidence
Meta-cognition
Sell-side analysts
Behavioral finance
Durand, Robert
Limkriangkrai, M.
Fung, L.
The behavioral basis of sell-side analysts’ herding
title The behavioral basis of sell-side analysts’ herding
title_full The behavioral basis of sell-side analysts’ herding
title_fullStr The behavioral basis of sell-side analysts’ herding
title_full_unstemmed The behavioral basis of sell-side analysts’ herding
title_short The behavioral basis of sell-side analysts’ herding
title_sort behavioral basis of sell-side analysts’ herding
topic Confidence
Meta-cognition
Sell-side analysts
Behavioral finance
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37768