The best-beta CAPM

Authors
Publication date 2006
Journal Applied Financial Economics Letters
Volume | Issue number 2 | 2
Pages (from-to) 131-137
Number of pages 7
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam Business School Research Institute (ABS-RI)
Abstract The issue of 'best-beta' arises as soon as potential errors in the Sharpe-Lintner-Black capital asset pricing model (CAPM) are acknowledged. By incorporating a target variable into the investor preferences, this study derives a best-beta CAPM (BCAPM) that maintains the CAPM's theoretical appeal and analytical simplicity yet unambiguously improves its pricing accuracy. Empirical observations suggest that the BCAPM predicts expected returns better than the CAPM by 20% to 30% annually.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1080/13504850500395993
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