This paper provides an analysis of return distribution properties in the presence of non-normality of returns. Using secondary data, the study examines the behavior of returns in the emerging African Stock Exchanges, such as Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius, Nigeria and South Africa for the period...

The aim of this paper is to examine whether the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is able to explain the stock returns in the Mauritian stock market. The sample in the present study consists of all securities listed on the official market of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM). Using data...