A Re-Examination of Factors Affecting Returns in Indian Stock Market
Journal of Emerging Market Finance, Forthcoming
34 Pages Posted: 10 Apr 2009
Abstract
The paper evaluates the return generating process for the Indian stock market implied by general multi-factor model and the Fama-French three-factor model in specific. It tests systematically and robustly, using a large sample data pooled from wide range of companies and periods, the relevance of Fama-French three-factor model in explaining the cross sectional differences in returns in Indian stock market,. The empirical results show that the Indian equity market exhibits a strong size effect and value effect which are consistent with the findings of Fama and French (1996) for US portfolios and Sehgal (2003) for Indian stocks. Thus, it provides an evidence of the pervasiveness of the Fama-French three-factor model in explaining the cross sectional differences of stock returns. This study may provide a strong support for a broader and generalized asset pricing model having multiple risk factors.
Keywords: Multi-Factor Model, Asset Pricing, Size effect, Value effect
JEL Classification: G12
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