Using an extensive sample of the Pakistani stock market over the 2003–2016 period, this paper is the first to evaluate and compare the performance of four most popular factor pricing models: the Fama and French three-factor model, Carhart’s four-factor model, the five-factor model proposed...

Using an extensive sample of the Pakistani stock market over the 2003–2016 period, this paper is the first to evaluate and compare the performance of four most popular factor pricing models: the Fama and French three-factor model, Carhart's four-factor model, the five-factor model proposed by...

The present study empirically investigates the risk and return relationship by loading the macroeconomic information in standard CAPM in addition to market information. One hundred financial and non financial companies listed on Karachi Stock Exchange are investigated over a period of January...

The purpose of this study is to identify the behavior of returns and volatility with the attributes of non-linearities and asymmetric patterns in the returns series of KSE and modeling of volatility for asset pricing with macroeconomic, value at risk and semi-variance in GARCH specification....