Gender and herding

Yaodong Liu, Zhigang Zheng, Ke Tang, Jie Guo*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study uses a unique dataset from a large anonymous brokerage firm to examine the herding behavior of Chinese individual investors. The empirical evidence reveals that females are more inclined to follow the behavior of ‘same-sex’ investors. Market conditions and stock characteristics affect females and males similarly in that individual investors herd more intensively in the bull market, on stocks with better liquidity and larger market capitalization. We find female investors generally yield lower returns than males when they herd intensively, and this finding is more pronounced during a bull-market period. Outcomes from individual-level herding measurements suggest that portfolio turnover drives the difference in herding between genders.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)379-400
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of Empirical Finance
Volume64
Early online date22 Oct 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2021

Keywords

  • Individual investors
  • Gender
  • Herding
  • Chinese stock markets

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