Empirical Evaluation of Overspecified Asset Pricing Models

Enrique Sentana, Elena Manresa and Francisco Penaranda

No 12085, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Asset pricing models with potentially too many risk factors are increasingly common in empirical work. Unfortunately, they can yield misleading statistical inferences. Unlike other studies focusing on the properties of standard estimators and tests, we estimate the sets of SDFs and risk prices compatible with the asset pricing restrictions of a given model. We also propose tests to detect problematic situations with economically meaningless SDFs uncorrelated to the test assets. We confirm the empirical relevance of our proposed estimators and tests with Yogo's (2006) linearized version of the consumption CAPM, and provide Monte Carlo evidence on their reliability in finite samples.

Keywords: Factor pricing models; Set estimation; Stochastic discount factor; Underidentification tests; Continuously updated gmm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C52 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-06
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Journal Article: Empirical evaluation of overspecified asset pricing models (2023)
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