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Herding behaviour of stock market in emerging country: insight from Pakistan

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  • Mahnoor Fatima
  • Zia-ur-Rehman Rao
  • Wajeeha Baig
  • Muhammad Sabeeh Iqbal

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The purpose of this research is to investigate herding behaviour on the Pakistani Stock Exchange. It has been claimed in previous research that herding behaviour is driven by basic information, which promotes swift price changes in response to new information and leads to efficient markets. In this study, daily market data from 2011 to 2020 was used. The cross-sectional absolute deviation (CSAD) approach was used. This paper makes a progressive contribution by investigating the herding behaviour which includes the herding of companies toward the marketplace. Additionally, we studied herding in five quintiles which are arranged according to the firm size. This study found that investors in large companies tend to keep a closer eye on the market than investors in smaller companies. This research may assist regulators in conducting a thorough investigation of market abnormalities, which will result in more efficient market processing.

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  • Mahnoor Fatima & Zia-ur-Rehman Rao & Wajeeha Baig & Muhammad Sabeeh Iqbal, 2025. "Herding behaviour of stock market in emerging country: insight from Pakistan," Global Business and Economics Review, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 32(1), pages 49-66.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:gbusec:v:32:y:2025:i:1:p:49-66
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