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Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing Tests

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  • Ravi Jagannathan
  • Ernst Schaumburg
  • Guofu Zhou

    (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208; NBER, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
    Federal Reserve Bank, New York, New York 10045
    Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130)

Abstract

A major problem in finance is to understand why different financial assets earn vastly different returns on average. In this paper, we survey various econometric approaches that have been developed to empirically examine various asset pricing models used to explain the difference in cross section of security returns. The approaches range from regressions to the generalized method of moments, and the associated asset pricing models are both conditional and unconditional. In addition, we review some of the major empirical studies.

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  • Ravi Jagannathan & Ernst Schaumburg & Guofu Zhou, 2010. "Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing Tests," Annual Review of Financial Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 2(1), pages 49-74, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:anr:refeco:v:2:y:2010:p:49-74
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    Keywords

    factor models; stochastic discount factor; asset pricing tests;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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