The relation between idiosyncratic risk and stock returns is currently a topic of debate in the academic literature. So far the evidence regarding the relation is mixed. This study aims to investigate the cross-sectional relation between idiosyncratic risk and stock returns in the Indian stock...

The poor empirical record of the CAPM paved the way towards the development of multi-factor asset pricing models. The three-factor model of Fama and French (1993) is regarded as a ground-breaking multi-factor asset pricing model. This paper examines the performance of the three-factor model of...