Herding where retail investors dominate trading: The case of Saudi Arabia

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Herding where retail investors dominate trading: The case of Saudi Arabia

We investigate herding in the Saudi stock market, where more than 95% of the total trading is initiatedby the individual investors. Based on readily available stock data, we find evidence of pervasive herdingamong the market participants. Although herding is prevalent irrespective of market conditio...

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Main Authors:	Rahman, A., Chowdhury, H., Sadique, Shibley
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2015
Subjects:	Dispersion of return Retail investors Dispersion of beta Market-wide herding Saudi stock marketa
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43749

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