The Robustness of Risk-Return Nonlinearities to the Normality Assumption
检验了收益分布非正态性是否导致传统CAPM中风险收益非线性关系的异常，发现该关系及规模效应、一月效应在非正态下依然稳健。
In a recent study, Tinic and West (1986) empirically reexamine the risk-return relationship posited by the traditional mean-variance CAPM. They find a positive nonlinear relationship between risk and return, except during January when the market rewards bearing nonsystematic risk. This study examines the hypothesis that nonnormality of re? turn distributions may account for some of these anomalous results. We compare Shalit and Yitzhaki's (1984) mean-extended Gini CAPM?an equilibrium asset pricing relation that is independent of the form of the underlying asset distribution?with the traditional CAPM. Our results indicate that the nonlinear risk-return relationship and the size and January effects are robust to nonnormality of return distributions.