Small sample rank tests with applications to asset pricing

Abstract This paper proposes small sample tests for rank restrictions that arise in many asset pricing models, economic fields and others, complementing the usual asymptotic theory which can be unreliable. Using monthly portfolio returns grouped by industry and using two sets of instrumental variables, we cannot reject a one-factor model for the industry returns.

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