Da, Zhi; Guo, Re-Jin; Jagannathan, Ravi - In: Journal of Financial Economics 103 (2012) 1, pp. 204-220
We argue that the empirical evidence against the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) based on stock returns does not … returns on stocks need not satisfy the CAPM even when expected returns of projects do. We provide empirical support for our … arguments by developing a method for estimating firms' project CAPM betas and project returns. Our findings justify the …