Specific risk factors drive asset pricing models
Is it true that specific risk factors drive asset pricing models?
Yes. Empirical and theoretical literature robustly indicates that specific risk factors (such as size, value, profitability, investment, momentum, and skewness) drive asset pricing models and help explain cross-sectional variations in returns.
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The claim posits that specific risk factors drive asset pricing models. Numerous papers in the retrieved set (e.g., 0, 3, 7, 8, 9) explicitly investigate, identify, or utilize specific factors (such as consumer confidence, consumption/production metrics, Fama-French factors, momentum, and skewness) within asset pricing frameworks. There are no papers refuting the existence of risk factors, though some discuss anomalies or relative performance. Therefore, the claim is supported.
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J, R. & AB, A. (2020). Impact of consumer confidence on the expected returns of the Tokyo Stock Exchange: A comparative analysis of consumption and production-based asset pricing models.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241318
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MH, A., MR, A., W, A., & G, A. (2026). Fama-French Six Factor Model: Evidence from the Indian equity market. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9263734/v1
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TT, H. & BT, K. (2025). Regional asymmetry in financial markets: Pricing of skewness risk in the Thai stock market.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336697
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JJ, d. L. & F, M. (2025). TARFA: A Novel Approach to Targeted Accounting Range Factor Analysis for Asset Allocation.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/e28010052
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X, L. & Y, S. (2026). Can systematic skewness factors predict future interest rates: Evidence from China.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334345
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The claim posits that specific risk factors drive asset pricing models. Numerous papers in the retrieved set (e.g., 0, 3, 7, 8, 9) explicitly investigate, identify, or utilize specific factors (such as consumer confidence, consumption/production metrics, Fama-French factors, momentum, and skewness) within asset pricing frameworks. There are no papers refuting the existence of risk factors, though some discuss anomalies or relative performance. Therefore, the claim is supported.
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