This study applied the Fama-French three-factor model (1993) and CAPM to examine A-shares in Chinese equity market from 1996 to 2005. The authors find a positive relation between book-to-market ratio and stock excess returns, and negative between size and stock excess returns. The results...

We use Hong Kong stock market data from 1982-2001 to test the persistence of the size and value premia and the robustness of the Fama-French (FF) three-factor model in explaining the variation in stock returns. We document a statistically significant and persistent size effect or size premium...

This research extends the study of Boscaljon and Ho and test the effect of market response to bank loan announcement in the Hong Kong banking market after the 1997 Asian crisis. The study also investigates whether bank is still ‘special' in the financial market by comparing the market response...