10.4225/03/593798b5a8e5c
Iqbal, Javed
Javed
Iqbal
Brooks, Robert D.
Robert D.
Brooks
Galagedera, Don U. A.
Don U. A.
Galagedera
Multivariate tests of asset pricing: simulation evidence from an emerging market
Monash University
2017
Wald
1959.1/41724
Multivariate test
Zero-beta CAPM
Emerging markers
LR
2008
monash:7365
2017-06-07 06:09:56
Journal contribution
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Multivariate_tests_of_asset_pricing_simulation_evidence_from_an_emerging_market/5085559
The finite sample performance of the Wald, GMM and Likelihood Ratio (LR) tests of multivariate asset pricing tests have been investigated in several studies on the US financial markets. This paper extends this analysis in two important ways. Firstly, considering the fact that the Wald test is not invariant to alternative non-linear formulation of the null hypothesis the paper investigates whether alternative forms of the Wald and GMM tests result in considerable difference in size and power. Secondly, the paper extends the analysis to the emerging market data. Emerging markets provide an interesting practical laboratory to test asset pricing models. The characteristics of emerging markets are different from the well developed markets of US, Japan and Europe. It is found that the asymptotic Wald and GMM tests based on Chi-Square critical values result in considerable size distortions. The bootstrap tests yield the correct sizes. Multiplicative from of bootstrap GMM test appears to outperform the LR test when the returns deviate from normality and when the deviations from the asset pricing model are smaller. Application of the bootstrap tests to the data from the Karachi Stock Exchange strongly supports the zero-beta CAPM. However the low power of the multivariate tests warrants a careful interpretation of the results.