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Systematic Risk and the Theory of the Firm

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  • Marti G. Subrahmanyam
  • Stavros B. Thomadakis

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The mean-variance capital-asset-pricing model forms the basis for much of the theoretical and empirical work in modern financial economics. While this model defines the relevant measure of the risk of a security β in a general equilibrium context, the relationship between this measure and the microeconomic variables of a firm has not been studied in the literature. This paper develops a model of the firm under uncertainty and derives the relationship between systematic risk and such firm variables as monopoly power, demand elasticity, and the labor-capital ratio. The general conclusions are surprisingly robust and point to several interesting empirically testable hypotheses.

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  • Marti G. Subrahmanyam & Stavros B. Thomadakis, 1980. "Systematic Risk and the Theory of the Firm," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 94(3), pages 437-451.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:94:y:1980:i:3:p:437-451.
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