Browsing BBSE Research Projects (2020) by Title
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Human capital, governance and foreign direct investments: Evidence from sub Saharan Africa.
(Strathmore University, 2020)Developing economies in Sub Saharan Africa have become increasingly integrated into the global economy in the recent past. As such, this region has experienced a surge in inward Foreign Direct Investments (FD I). It is ... -
Macroeconomic determinants of SME performance in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2020)This paper explores the relationship between SME performance, as measured by growth in total annual sales, growth in the number of permanent full-time employees and capacity utilization, and macroeconomic factors- the ... -
Modeling nominal exchange rates in Uganda. A comparison between traditional unit root tests and fractional integration
(Strathmore University, 2020)This paper analyzes six major nominal exchange rates in Uganda, determining whether shocks in each series are transitory or permanent in the long run. We obtain results from traditional unit root tests and compare these ... -
The pricing of liquidity risk: Evidence from the Nigerian and South African stock markets
(Strathmore University, 2020)This study examines whether an illiquidity premium is priced into the return process of equities. Specifically, the paper uses a liquidity augmented Fama and French (2015) five-factor model to test whether liquidity ... -
Pro-cyclical modelling of cancer mortalities based on macroeconomic factors
(Strathmore University, 2020)This paper tests for the procyclicality of the cancer mortalities and the economic regimes for the various regions, herein outlined as per the World Bank rankings as either high income, upper middle income, lower middle ... -
The relationship between happiness and income in the East African community
(Strathmore University, 2020)This study aims at determining the impact of income on happiness in the East African Community (EAC). Happiness is measured on a ladder from 0 to 10 where 0 is vety unhappy and 10 is vety happy while income is measured ...