Consistency of Risk Attitude and other Investment Behavior of Japanese Fund Managers

In this paper, we investigate risk consistency and other investment behaviors of fund managers working at Japanese investment institutions using a questionnaire based survey that was conducted in October of 2005. In particular, we focused on the herding behavior and disposition effect of fund managers. We found that ‘risk inconsistent’ fund managers have a tendency to show disposition behavior. As for herding behavior, we could not find any strong evidence that might indicate a difference between the two groups.