Does Idiosyncratic Risk Matter in the Brazilian Capital Market?

This paper analyses the relationship between idiosyncratic risk and diversified portfolio returns on Brazil’s capital market. Following Goyal and Santa-Clara (2003) and Bali et alii (2005) we use volatility measures that capture systematic and idiosyncratic risk. For the identification of the relati...

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Main Authors: José Roberto Securato, Fernando Caio Galdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Finance 2007-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Finanças
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Online Access:http://virtualbib.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rbfin/article/view/1165