Purpose – Since illiquidity risk is one of the most important pricing factors of assets, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the suitability of proxies of illiquidity prevalent in the asset pricing literature and their explanatory power in asset pricing tests. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the risk factors for A‐shares listed on both Shenzhen and Shanghai Stock Exchange in China using variables from Akgun and Gibson. Design/methodology/approach – The paper applies cross‐sectional regression on the orthogonal components...

Purpose–Since illiquidity risk is one of the most important pricing factors of assets, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the suitability of proxies of illiquidity prevalent in the asset pricing literature and their explanatory power in asset pricing tests....

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the risk factors for A-shares listed on both Shenzhen and Shanghai Stock Exchange in China using variables from Akgun and Gibson. Design/methodology/approach -The paper applies cross-sectional regression on the orthogonal components by...