Equity markets are increasingly being seen as having a important role within the financial architecture focused towards the financing of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) firms that dominate regional economies. The high costs involved with lending small amounts to smaller firms in the presence...

This paper uses the illiquidity measure of Amihud (2002) in forming illiquidity estimates for South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, Egypt and London. These are used within an augmented CAPM framework to form risk firm illiquidity premiums in addition to premiums attributable to firm size. The evidence...