Two Essays on Herding in Financial Markets

The dissertation consists of two essays. In the first essay, we measure herding by institutional investors in the new economy (internet) stocks during 1998-2001 by examining the changes in the quarterly institutional holdings of internet stocks relative to an average stock. More than 95% of the stoc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharma, Vivek
Other Authors: Finance, Insurance, and Business Law
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/11161
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04292004-124545