Fischer Black (1972) developed another version of CAPM, called Black CAPM or zero-beta CAPM, that does not assume the existence of a riskless asset. This version was more robust against empirical testing and was influential in the widespread adoption of t
Circumventing the zero-beta portfolio identification problem, Chapter 10 reviews a new form the zero-beta CAPM dubbed the ZCAPM. The ZCAPM enables estimation of the zero-beta CAPM with readily available stock return data that does not require a proxy for
Should the firm's stock be discounted more heavily for that risk? 1 Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) doctrine holds that such firm-specific risks have zero correlation with the stock market's overall return, and are therefore “zero beta&rd