RISK FACTORS IN THE SRI LANKAN CAPITAL MARKET

Authors

  • L Alles School of Economics and Finance, Curtin University of Technology, Perth 6001, Australia
  • L Murray School of Business, University College Dublin, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Abstract


This paper examines whether additional risk factors such as the variance,skewness and coskewness of returns offer an appropriate explanation of company returns in the Sri Lankan Capital Market. Arguments for considering these risk factors in pricing models to better deal with the characteristics of a smaller developing capital market are presented. Using individual company returns, empirical tests examine whether the extra risk factors offer a signifi cant explanation of the cross section of returns. Results indicate that while CAPM betas offer little explanation of company returns, variance and to a lesser extent, skewness are signifi cantly related to returns in this market. Coskewness has little importance. Robustness tests confirm that these measures are unrelated to company size.

Keywords: Alternative risk measures; Sri Lankan stock market, Developing capital markets

For full paper: fmscresearch@sjp.ac.lk

Author Biographies

L Alles, School of Economics and Finance, Curtin University of Technology, Perth 6001, Australia

School of Economics and Finance,
Curtin University of Technology, Perth 6001, Australia

L Murray, School of Business, University College Dublin, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland

School of Business, University College Dublin,
Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Published

2012-12-18

Issue

Vol. 5 (2008): Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Business Management

Section

Articles