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Tax buoyancy - a comparative study between Kenya and South Africa
(Strathmore University, 2015-07)One of the most important measures of efficiency of any tax system in public finance is tax buoyancy which is simply the total response of tax revenue to changes in national income. Tax revenue in Africa have been relatively ... -
Test for purchasing power parity in selected African countries
(Strathmore University, 2015)This paper tests for the purchasing power parity condition in selected developing countries in Africa, that is; Kenya, Rwanda and Nigeria . The purchasing power parity condition is widely used as a predictor of future ... -
Testing for market efficiency in Nairobi stock exchange: a serial correlation analysis
(Strathmore University, 2016)The study examined the weak-form informational efficiency in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), using a sample of data of both the NSE 20 and All Share Indices, in the period between January 1999 and January 2013. The ... -
Testing for the correlation between geographical area of operation and accident risk in PSV insurance industry
(Strathmore University, 2015)The Kenyan public service vehicle insurance has been marred with a lot of uncertainty in terms of the expected outcome of claim frequency and claim severity. At least eight insurance companies have either collapsed or have ... -
Testing for the significance of Gender as unused information in Automobile Insurance Market
(Strathmore University, 2014-03-14)In the Kenyan insurance industry, the reported mean loss ratio for general insurance business for the five year period from 2005 to 2008 was 58.4%. The lines of business above mean and adversely contributing to the industry ... -
Testing the trade-off theory and the pecking order theory of capital structure in Kenya's listed firms
(Strathmore University, 2018)The static trade-off and pecking order models are tested on a sample data of 19 Kenyan firms listed on the Nairobi stock exchange for the period 2006-2016. Empirical results prove that both models can explain some part of ... -
Testing trade - off theory vs pecking order theory - evidence from Kenyan listed firms
(Strathmore University, 2015-12)This study seeks to test both the pecking order theory and the trade-off theory theories using evidence from companies listed in the Nairobi securities exchange and examine which theory best explains capital structures of ... -
The trading volume - stock returns dynamic: a case study of the NSE
(Strathmore University, 2015)This paper exammes the contemporaneous and dynamic relationships between stock returns and trading volume for the Kenyan Stock Market. The sample under stud y was the stocks constituting the NSE-20 index for a period ... -
Transmission of HIV partly depends on the relative population of, In-host, wild-type versus resistant susceptible lymphocytes: a study of sexually active females
(Strathmore University, 2017)About 240 people on earth contract HIV every hour according to the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Many researchers have put in millions of man hours in the quest to identify viable targets for identification and ... -
Transmission of oil price shocks in the East African stock market
(Strathmore University, 2015-12)The main objectives of this paper were to find out if shocks from oil prices affect the East Africa's securities market and these shocks are transmitted across the three countries; Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Stock prices ... -
Underpricing of initial public offerings at the Nairobi Securities Exchange between 1994 and 2014
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)Under pricing of initial Public Offerings is characterized by the closing price being higher than the offer price on the first day of trading. Research carried out in different financial markets has generated varied results ... -
Understanding policyholder behaviour and its impact on life insurance products
(Strathmore University, 2015-12-03)The study is on policyholder decisions and what factors affects these policyholder decisions. These decisions are traditional lapse and surrender, conversion elections, fund transfers, withdrawals for flexible premium ... -
Urbanization and economic growth: A case of Brazilian cities
(Strathmore University, 2021)The nexus between urbanization and economic growth is one that has caught the attention of many as global population numbers continue to rise. The two variables, especially in the content..'i of a country, can either enhance ... -
The Use of dupont analysis in equity valuation : empirical study of Kenyan market
(Strathmore University, 2016)The paper examined the stock market's association with the information in the DuPont components variables through long-window tests and found that the market recognized the future Return on Net Operating Assets, RNOA, and ... -
Using copulas to select prognostic genes in melanoma patients
(Life science Global, 2017)Melanoma of the skin is the fifth and seventh most commonly diagnosed carcinoma in men and women, respectively, in the USA. So far, gene signatures prognostic for overall and distant metastasis-free survival, for example, ... -
Using reflective questions : a feed forward process in peer support of teaching observation
It is essential that lecturers reflect on their teaching practice in order to enhance students learning. This can be facilitated through teaching observation where colleagues act as helpers, though some lecturers consider ... -
Using semi-Markov process to model incremental change in HIV staging with cost effect
(Strathmore University, 2021)Over the past years, parametric and non-parametric methods have been used in modelling cost and effectiveness according to one studied event or one health state. In this study we used semi-Markov model in which the ... -
Using the generalized linear Model (GLM) to model (specific) chronic diseases
(Strathmore University, 2021)As per the World Health Organization, chronic diseases rank highly in incidence, prevalence, and mortality on a global scale with around 60% of the 56.5 million total global deaths in 2001. Among the most prevalent of ... -
Validity of the multiple discriminate analysis failure prediction model on corporate financial distress: An analysis of the Kenyan market
(Strathmore University, 2021)The core objective of the study was to test the applicability of the multiple discriminate analysis model in predicting corporate failure of financially distressed companies in different industries in Kenya based on a 3 ... -
Valuation of a locational spread option: the case of tomatoes in Nairobi and Mombasa Counties in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)Locational Spread Options are financial instruments that can be used by traders wishing to purchase but not physically acquire produce; to hedge their risks, and / or to take speculative positions, based on their knowledge ...
