Browsing BBSE Research Projects by Title
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The day-of-the-week effect in the Nairobi securities exchange: an adaptive market hypothesis perspective
(Strathmore University, 2015)This paper examines the day-of-the-week effect , an anomaly that contravenes the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) . The paper attempts to identify and explain the presence of the ... -
Determinants of adoption of agricultural technology in Kenya: a case of small scale farmers in Kirinyaga
(Strathmore University, 2018)Agricultural technologies are seen as an important route out of poverty in most of the developing countries. However the rate of adoption of these technologies has remained low in most of these countries. This study aim ... -
Determinants of bank profitability
(Strathmore University, 2015)Banks play a crucial role in economic development. For the local community, banks provide access to funding and financial services to both local business and citizens, as well as the money banks invest back into the community ... -
Determinants of Commercial Bank profitability in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-07)The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between bank specific (internal) and macro-economic (external) determinants of banks profitability. This is done by using data of all the banks in Kenya from the ... -
Determinants of economic growth In Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015)Economic growth has been a major issue in the world today especially in developing countries. This study examines the determinants of economic growth in Kenya the period 1971-20 II with a particular focus on interest rates, ... -
Determinants of foreign direct investments in developing countries: evidence from Kenya and Nigeria
(Strathmore University, 2017)Foreign direct investment has a direct relationship with technological change, public policy and level of economic activity. However, in some countries with unfavorable conditions such as high levels of corruption and ... -
Determinants of interest rate spreads in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015)Numerous variables exogenous to the operations of commercial banks have been touted in academic literature to be impmtant factors causing the typically high interest rate spreads in developing countries. Using data for ... -
Determinants of non-performing loans in commercial banks in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015)The purpose of this study was to determine the macroeconomic and bank specific factors affecting nonperforming loans in commercial banks in Kenya. It aimed at determining the relationship between these factors and nonperfonning ... -
Determinants of savings among the urban poor in Mukuru's informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-04)This study sought to probe savings among the dwellers in Mukuru's informal settlements, otherwise known as 'slums' in urban Nairobi. The choice of savings was influenced by literature that is informative of development for ... -
Determinants of stock price - a case study on the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2014-03)Various studies have been conducted to identify variables that influence share price movements such as that done by Karanathassis and Philapaas (1988) which indicated that the share price in Greece was affected by dividends, ... -
Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-12-14)Neoclassical growth accounting literature has shown that total factor productivity has a positive relationship with output. Based on OLS estimation techniques on data for Kenya between the years 2002 and 2013, this study ... -
Determinants that influence financial performance of microfinance institutions in Kenya: case study of Nairobi County
(Strathmore University, 2015)According to (Lafourcade, Isern, Brown, & Mwangi, 2005), microfinance institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa include a broad range of diverse and geographically dispersed institutions offering financial services to low income ... -
Determining if Kenya’s foreign debt portfolio management is optimal
(Strathmore University, 2017)The study seeks to define Kenya's optimal external debt portfolio. The optimization scheme employed minimizes foreign liabilities in a foreign debt portfolio which includes a combination of foreign assets and liabilities ... -
Determining optimal contribution levels of defined contribution pension plan in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-12)This study seeks to determine optimal contribution level required in a Defined Contribution Pension Plan so as to be adequate for the life of the retiree on retirement. The objective is to determine the contribution of the ... -
Determining the pricing strategy for a continuing care retirement Community in Kenya &evaluating its demand
(Strathmore University, 2015)Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) are a form of long term care insurance that offer retirees with housing and nursing care facilities, along with other desired amenities. Potential entrants into the facility ... -
Devolved monetary policy
(Strathmore University, 2018)Inflation is the sustained increase in the prices of goods and services. Inflation is a double-edged sword, such that too much or too little will affect the economy poorly. Various Governments employ their Central banks ... -
Dividend policy and firm performance: A sectoral analysis of Nairobi securities exchange listed firms
(Strathmore University, 2015)The relationship between dividend payout and firm profitability has attracted a lot of attention fi·om finance scholars with no universal agreement. Benartzi eta! (1997) found no evidence that dividends contain information ... -
The dynamic relationship between stock prices and exchange rates - A case of Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)This study investigates the price t1uctuations and volatility spillover effects as well as the relationship between the stock market and the currency market in Kenya. The study developed long run and short run models for ... -
Dynamics of asset prices in monetary policy; A case study of Kenya.
(Strathmore University, 2021)This study examines the extent to which stock returns are linked to interest rate, money supply and exchange rate in Kenya from 2000 to 2018, using GARCH (1,1). Some unanticipated results were uncovered, ultimately ... -
Dynamics of inflation and its effects on the Kenyan economy
(Strathmore University, 2018)The study on the relationship between economic growth and inflation has attracted attention from both researchers and policy makers. A high and sustained economic growth with low and stable inflation is the central objective ...
