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A note on risk aversion and herd behavior in financial markets

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  • Jean-Paul Decamps

    ([1] GREMAQ-IDEI Université de Toulouse 1, 21 Allee de Brienne, 31000 Toulouse, France, e-mail: decamps@cict.fr [2] Europlace Institute of Finance, France)

  • Stefano Lovo

    (HEC, Finance and Economics Department, 1 Rue de la Liberation, 78351, Jouy en Josas, France, e-mail: lovo@hec.fr)

Abstract

We show that differences in market participants risk aversion can generate herd behavior in stock markets where assets are traded sequentially. This in turn prevents learning of market's fundamentals. These results are obtained without introducing multidimensional uncertainty or transaction cost. The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review (2006) 31, 35–42. doi:10.1007/s10713-006-9466-x

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  • Jean-Paul Decamps & Stefano Lovo, 2006. "A note on risk aversion and herd behavior in financial markets," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 31(1), pages 35-42, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:genrir:v:31:y:2006:i:1:p:35-42
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