Asset pricing models with measurement error problems: A new framework with Compact Genetic Algorithms

Erkin Diyarbakirlioglu, Marc Desban and Souad Lajili Jarjir

Finance, 2022, vol. 43, issue 2, 1-78

Abstract: We implement a new framework to mitigate the errors-in-variables (EIV) problem in the estimation of asset pricing models. Considering an international data of portfolio stock returns from 1990 to 2021 widely used in empirical studies, we highlight the importance of the estimation method in time-series regressions. We compare the traditional Ordinary-Least Squares (OLS) method to an alternative estimator based on a Compact Genetic Algorithm (CGA) in the case of the CAPM, three-, and five-factor models. Based on intercepts \alpha , betas {\beta _M} , adjusted R2, and the Gibbons, Ross and Shanken (1989) test, we find that the CGA-based method outperforms overall the OLS for the three asset pricing models. In particular, we obtain less statistically significant intercepts, smoother R2 across different portfolios and lower GRS test statistics. Specifically, in line with Roll’s critique (1977) on the unobservability of the market portfolio, we reduce the attenuation bias in market risk premium estimates. Moreover, our results are robust to alternative methods such as Instrumental Variables estimated with Generalized-Method of Moments (GMM). Our findings have several empirical and managerial implications related to the estimation of asset pricing models as well as their interpretation as a popular tool in terms of corporate financial decision-making.

Keywords: Asset pricing; CAPM; Fama-French three- and five-factor models; Market Portfolio; Time-series regressions; Ordinary-Least Squares (OLS); Errors-in-variables (EIV); GMM with Instrumental Variables; Compact Genetic Algorithms (CGA); G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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