In this paper we investigate the robustness of the Fama-French multifactor model for equities listed in three European markets. We find evidence of a small firm effect in France and Germany and a big firm effect in the United Kingdom. Also, we do not find any evidence of a value effect for the...

The security dynamics described by the Black-Scholes equation with price-dependent variance can be approximated as a damped discrete-time hopping process on a recombining binomial tree. In a previous working paper, such a nonuniform tree was explicitly constructed in terms of the continuous-time...

This paper analyzes the role played by financial assets, direct real estate, and the Fama and French factors in explaining EREIT returns and examines the usefulness of these variables in forecasting returns. Four models are analyzed and their predictive potential is assessed by comparing three...