Vol. 1 No. 4 (2013)
Modern Challenges for Business and Economy in CEE Countries

Articles

An Empirical Study of Unsystematic Risk Factors in the Capital Asset Pricing Model: the Case of Russian Forestry Sector

Published 2013-12-30

  • Varvara Nazarova

Varvara Nazarova
National Research University Higher School of Economics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15678/EBER.2013.010404

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to consider the Capital Asset Pricing Model, to determine its most disputable points, to identify concepts defining and supplementing the points of the model. The article ends with an example of calculation of the cost of equity for a company of a forestry sector of Russia.The originality of the research is based on the assessment of the effects of non-systematic risks on investment projects in the forestry sector in Russia.

Keywords

asset’s rate of return, risks and riskiness of investments, market portfolio, unsystematic risk factors, forestry sector

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