
Finance Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
1999
Publication Source
The Journal of Finance
Volume
54
Issue
1
Start Page
67
Last Page
121
DOI
10.1111/0022-1082.00099
Abstract
Costs of equity for individual firms are estimated in a Bayesian framework using several factor-based pricing models. Substantial prior uncertainty about mispricing often produces an estimated cost of equity close to that obtained with mispricing precluded, even for a stock whose average return departs significantly from the pricing model's prediction. Uncertainty about which pricing model to use is less important, on average, than within-model parameter uncertainty. In the absence of mispricing uncertainty, uncertainty about factor premiums is generally the largest source of overall uncertainty about a firm's cost of equity, although uncertainty about betas is nearly as important.
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0022-1082.00099. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Recommended Citation
Pastor, L., & Stambaugh, R. F. (1999). Costs of Equity Capital and Model Mispricing. The Journal of Finance, 54 (1), 67-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0022-1082.00099
Date Posted: 27 November 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.