In a capital asset pricing model (CAPM) framework, Ferguson and Shockley [2003. Equilibrium "anomalies". Journal of Finance 58, 2549-2580] propose two factors constructed on relative leverage and relative distress, and show that the two factors subsume Fama and French's [1993. Common risk...

Industry returns cannot be explained fully by well-known asset pricing models. This study reveals that common factors extracted from industry returns carry significant risk premiums that go beyond the explanatory power of size, book-to-market (BM) ratios, and momentum. In particular, this study...