In this paper nonnested tests are used to contrast the performance of the capital asset pricing (CAPM) and consumption …-82 the CAPM dominates the CCAPM, during 1978-87 the results are mixed, and during 1983-92 the CCAPM dominates. The finding in … favor of the CCAPM in 1983-92 conflicts with much of the existing literature, which favors the CAPM …