Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns

This paper explores the economic nature of return factors by incorporating a multifactor return generating process into the traditional CAPM. It attempts to remedy the arbitrage pricing theory, which is not capable of assigning proper economic meanings to return factors. There are at least three sig...

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Main Authors: WU, Chunchi, Colwell, Peter
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1987
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-18212010-09-23T06:24:04Z Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns WU, Chunchi Colwell, Peter This paper explores the economic nature of return factors by incorporating a multifactor return generating process into the traditional CAPM. It attempts to remedy the arbitrage pricing theory, which is not capable of assigning proper economic meanings to return factors. There are at least three significant factors associated with general production, investment, financial, and employment variables. These economic factors explain the risk-return relationship as well as those obtained by the arbitrage pricing theory. 1987-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/822 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business
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WU, Chunchi
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Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns
description This paper explores the economic nature of return factors by incorporating a multifactor return generating process into the traditional CAPM. It attempts to remedy the arbitrage pricing theory, which is not capable of assigning proper economic meanings to return factors. There are at least three significant factors associated with general production, investment, financial, and employment variables. These economic factors explain the risk-return relationship as well as those obtained by the arbitrage pricing theory.
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author WU, Chunchi
Colwell, Peter
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Colwell, Peter
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title Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns
title_short Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns
title_full Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns
title_fullStr Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns
title_full_unstemmed Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns
title_sort macroeconomic factors and stock returns
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 1987
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/822
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