On the validity of the Capital Asset Pricing Model

doi: https://doi.org/10.35536/lje.2000.v5.i1.a4

Hassan Naqvi



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Abstract

One of the most important developments of modern finance is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) of Sharpe, Lintner and Mossin. Although the model has been the subject of several academic papers, it is still exposed to theoretical and empirical criticisms. The CAPM is based on Markowitz’s (1959) mean variance analysis. Markowitz demonstrated that rational investors would hold assets, which offer the highest possible return for a given level of risk, or conversely assets with the minimum level of risk for a specific level of return.

Keywords

Capital asset pricing, CAP, equilibrium, single-period maximisers, empirical tests, asset pricing theory