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Mutual fund herding and performance: evidence from China

Fan, Yaoyao, Song, Qinhao, Guan, Rong, Ly, Kim Cuong and Jiang, Yuxiang (2024) Mutual fund herding and performance: evidence from China. International Review of Financial Analysis, 95. ISSN 1057-5219

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Identification Number: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103503

Abstract

We investigate the impact of mutual fund herding on fund performance. Using a novel and dynamic measure of fund-level herding that captures the tendency of a fund manager to imitate the trading decisions of the institutional crowd based on a sample of 3490 mutual funds in China for 21 years between 2003 and 2023, we find that mutual fund herding is negatively related to fund performance. Our empirical results still hold when we employ a battery of methods to mitigate endogeneity issues. Additionally, we find that herding behavior becomes more detrimental to performance when the portfolio managers are older, male and more experienced.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/internationa...
Additional Information: © 2024 Elsevier
Divisions: Mathematics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
JEL classification: G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G11 - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G23 - Pension Funds; Other Private Financial Institutions
D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D80 - General
P - Economic Systems > P2 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies > P20 - General
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2024 14:39
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2024 17:45
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124606

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