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Mean-Absolute-Deviation versus Least-Squares Regression Estimation of Beta Coefficients

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  • Cornell, Bradford
  • Dietrich, J. Kimball

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Much of the applied work in finance, for instance the literature on capital budgeting, assumes that a firm's management has an accurate estimate of the firm's beta. This estimate is presumably derived by running a regression of the form:where:Ri = rate of return on equity for firm i,Rf = the risk-free rate, andu = a white noise random variable.

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  • Cornell, Bradford & Dietrich, J. Kimball, 1978. "Mean-Absolute-Deviation versus Least-Squares Regression Estimation of Beta Coefficients," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(1), pages 123-131, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jfinqa:v:13:y:1978:i:01:p:123-131_00
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    6. R. Douglas Martin & Daniel Z. Xia, 2022. "Efficient bias robust regression for time series factor models," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 23(3), pages 215-234, May.

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