The aim of this paper is to test the ability of conditional and unconditional CAPM models to explain emerging markets returns in terms of their integration into the international market. We use data on 5 developed countries and 5 emerging countries as well as data on the Tunis Stock Exchange...

We review the international finance literature to assess the extent to which international factors affect financial asset demands and prices. International asset-pricing models with mean-variance investors predict that an asset's risk premium depends on its covariance with the world market...