kernel that depends on returns, as in the CAPM or the APT, can accurately price assets. In this sense, theory based on …

returns. The finance literature has uncovered several potential failings of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). I … investigate the ability of additional risk factors, which are not considered by the CAPM, to explain these problems. In particular … to refine and reassess the cross-sectional evidence against the CAPM.In the first chapter, I test the cross …

The traditional literature on the CAPM assumes that investor's tax payments simply vanish from the model. This … interest rate rf = 0 will not affect prices if taxes are introduced. We show that this result can be extended to the CAPM if …

-variance efficient in the sense of classical CAPM. We show that, depending on the noise traders' behavior, the performance of efficient …

determining market clearing prices is calculated explicitly. The classical capital market line result of CAPM theory is extended …

The purpose of this work is to empirically assess the validity of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) in terms of … how can it model an equity’s return. The goal of this work is not to challenge the theory behind CAPM, nor compare it to … than testing a specific hypothesis, my goal is to let the data speak for itself.The main difficulty with assessing CAPM is …

(whether routine or not) may amount to double-counting. The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which is the generally … on its riskiness) relative to the market as a whole. Indeed, CAPM may actually add on an implicit premium in that it …

basic firm’s stock market model and a modified Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM). The explanatory variables include risk …

equilibrium. I estimate the structural parameters of the model using the NLSY 97 data, via a three-step estimation procedure to …