Author

  • Oyetayo, Oluwatosin J.

    • Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria
    • Nigeria

  • Adeyeye, Patrick Olufemi

    • University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
    • South Africa

Abstract

Arbitrage pricing theory (APT) is a testable theory based on the idea that in competitive financial markets arbitrage will ensure that riskless assets provide the same expected return. We sought to confirm the relevance of the arbitrage pricing theory in Nigeria. Guided by a good understanding of macroeconomic variables and stock price movements as found in the extant literature on arbitrage pricing theory (APT), we specified our APT equation for estimation. Having satisfied the integration and co-integration issues, we employ the error-correction (ECM) and the fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) methods for the short-run and long-run regressions. Our short-run results seem to agree with existing theories on APT thus confirming that APT is relevant in Nigeria. However, the long-run relationship of stock returns and RGDP was found to be contentious. Even though our result runs contrary to predictions on the relationship between the two, we found peculiar events and circumstances within the Nigerian macroeconomic context that provides logical reasons for the deviation.

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Oyetayo, O. J., & Adeyeye, P. O. (2017). A Robust Application of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory: Evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 9(1(J), 141-151. https://doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v9i1(J).1565

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