2020
DOI: 10.21098/bemp.v23i3.1362
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An Analysis of Herding Behavior in the Stock Market: A Case Study of the Asean-5 and the United States

Abstract: We construct a new dataset to examine herding behavior in the ASEAN-5 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand) and the US stock market. Our dataset consists of daily closing prices on the most liquid stock indices in the ASEAN-5 and the US stock market. Based on the Newey–West estimator, we show that the dominant global factor influencing herding behavior is the US federal funds rate, while the cross-market herding of the Singaporean stock market is the dominant regional factor that influ… Show more

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“…According to Bodea and Hicks (2015), a higher CBI index is a positive signal to encourage investment since the more credible the central bank is perceived to be in setting and implementing monetary policy, the more independent it is. This view is supported by theoretical and empirical analysis of Smets (2014), Belke and Beckmann (2015), Sari et al (2017), and Rahman and Ermawati (2020), that optimal monetary policy increases stock market. In developing countries, international financial integration causes financial market, particularly stock market, become the most favorite instrument for investors.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…According to Bodea and Hicks (2015), a higher CBI index is a positive signal to encourage investment since the more credible the central bank is perceived to be in setting and implementing monetary policy, the more independent it is. This view is supported by theoretical and empirical analysis of Smets (2014), Belke and Beckmann (2015), Sari et al (2017), and Rahman and Ermawati (2020), that optimal monetary policy increases stock market. In developing countries, international financial integration causes financial market, particularly stock market, become the most favorite instrument for investors.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…In this context, several studies have been conducted to examine the possibility of the herding effect in financial markets in different parts of the globe. The findings of Chang et al (2020), Abdeldayem and Al Dulaimi (2020), Abd-Alla (2020), Espinosa-Méndez and Arias (2020, 2021), Bouri et al (2020), Wu et al (2020), Riaz et al (2020), Rahman and Ermawati (2020), Mnif et al (2020), Lee et al (2021) and Kizys et al (2021) support the presence of herding effect during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Particularly, the findings of Bouri et al (2020) reveal the presence of a strong herding effect in emerging stock markets, and thus, it depends on the development status of an economy.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…This herding behaviour entails that the investors tend to follow the behaviour of other groups of investors, mostly large investors while making investment decisions in financial markets (Hwang & Salmon, 2004; Parker & Prechter, 2005; Yousaf et al, 2018). Investors indulge in herding when they lack sufficient information to make appropriate asset choices for trading (Lee et al, 2021; Spyrou, 2013), they intend to invest a larger amount of capital by minimizing risks (Riaz et al, 2020), financial markets depict large stock price fluctuations or excess volatility, falling prices, calendar effects, asymmetric effects in stock returns, the imbalance between prices and fundamental variables (Bekiros et al, 2017; Golarzi & Ziyachi, 2013; Kabir & Shakur, 2018; Mobarek et al, 2014; Tan et al, 2008; Youssef & Mokni, 2018), they sell and buy the same assets simultaneously (Lakonishok et al, 1992) and/or when they lack confidence due to severe market stress, crises and uncertainties (Bouri et al, 2020; Chiang & Zheng, 2010; Christie & Haung, 1995; Devenow & Welch, 1996; Forbes & Rigobon, 2002; Rahman & Ermawati, 2020). In all these, the objective is the protection of investments against market risks and uncertainties, and to optimize returns on investments.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The previous evidence indicates that large stock price declines generate a significant price decline in the industry matched peers. Recent research shows that there is a clustering of corporate defaults in the same industry (e.g., Chava and Jarrow, 2004; Lando and Nielsen, 2010; Huang and Lee, 2013; Rahman and Ermawati, 2020). Similarly, negative signals associated with a bankruptcy can trigger stock price effects for rival firms in the corresponding industry.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%