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Herding, Faith-Based Investments and the Global Financial Crisis: Empirical Evidence From Static and Dynamic Models

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  • Stavros Stavroyiannis
  • Vassilios Babalos

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The purpose for this article is to explore the existence of herding behavior in the context of Shariah-based ethical investments. To this end the authors have employed the highly liquid constituent stocks of the U.S. Dow Jones Islamic Index for the period January 2007 to December 2014. The methodology encompasses both static and dynamic models that capture potential time-varying patterns or asymmetric behavior of herding. Summarizing the results, the authors document significant antiherding behavior that is robust across different formulations and testing procedures. Most interestingly, they observe an asymmetric behavior of the antiherding phenomenon. Results from the dynamic analysis reveal that antiherding tends to be more intense during turbulent periods. The findings may entail useful implications for investors who wish to diversify their portfolios using faith-based investments.

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  • Stavros Stavroyiannis & Vassilios Babalos, 2017. "Herding, Faith-Based Investments and the Global Financial Crisis: Empirical Evidence From Static and Dynamic Models," Journal of Behavioral Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(4), pages 478-489, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:hbhfxx:v:18:y:2017:i:4:p:478-489
    DOI: 10.1080/15427560.2017.1365366
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