Evaluating Asset Pricing Models in a Fama-French Framework

Carlos Gutierrez and Wagner Gaglianone

No 175, Working Papers Series from Central Bank of Brazil, Research Department

Abstract: In this work we propose a methodology to compare different stochastic discount factor (SDF) proxies based on relevant market information. The starting point is the work of Fama and French, which evidenced that the asset returns of the U.S. economy could be explained by relative factors linked to characteristics of the firms. In this sense, we construct a Monte Carlo simulation to generate a set of returns perfectly compatible with the Fama and French factors and, then, investigate the performance of different SDF proxies. Some goodness-of-fit statistics and the Hansen and Jagannathan distance are used to compare asset pricing models. An empirical application of our setup is also provided.

Date: 2008-12
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