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title: Bond Fund Herding
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4517569/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4517569
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4517569
featured: 2023-07-26
citations: unknown
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
---


# Bond Fund Herding

The study reveals that collective behavior of mutual funds, known as fund herding, can sway a company's decision to issue new bonds, particularly in uncertain times.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4517569
- Identifier: SSRN 4517569
- Released: 2022-10-18
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 9 (2023-07-26): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-07-26/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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