Browsing BBSE Research Projects by Title
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A Sectoral analysis of the impact of foreign aid on public investment and economic growth in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2016)The purpose of this study was to find out the effectiveness of foreign aid in boosting economic growth in Kenya and its impact on public investment. This paper uses an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Model to estimate ... -
Sectoral public investment on economic growth
(Strathmore University, 2016)The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of sectoral public investment on economic growth in Kenya. This paper uses a Vector Autoregressive (VAR) Model to analyze the impact of sectoral public expenditure on ... -
Shariah-stock screening-procedure Shariah-compliant listed-equities in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015)Kenya vision 2030 is the country 's development blue print covering the period 2008 to 2030, it aims at transforming Kenya into an industrialized middle-income country, and among the priority sectors that will see to this ... -
Significance of volatility components in pricing: case for an emerging market
(Strathmore University, 2017)This research is an investigation of the volatility structure of the Kenyan financial market and its influence on stock returns. Using the little-known component GARCH, I decompose market volatility into its long run and ... -
The status of private equity in Kenya - a comparative study with South Africa
(Strathmore University, 2014-03-21)This paper gives an insight into the Kenyan Private Equity Industry compared to that of South Africa as well as the underlying reasons for the stark differences. It also highlights challenges that the industries, including ... -
A stochastic analysis of medical misdiagnosis in children
(Strathmore University, 2015)Medical misdiagnosis has been an issue on the rise in the past decade with an observed increase in medical malpractice cases. In Africa, most malpractice cases are due to negligence and misdiagnosis, with the cases of ... -
Stock market development and economic growth - evidence from Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)The main purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the stock market development and economic growth by establishing a causal link between them using annual time series data for the period 1990 to 2014. ... -
Stock market development and economic growth in African frontier markets
(Strathmore University, 2017)There are three perspectives that have been used to explain the relationship between financial development and economic growth: the finance-led growth hypothesis, the growth driven finance hypothesis and the bi-directional ... -
Stock market liquidity and asset returns: The case of the NSE 20 share index
(Strathmore University, 2017)This research aims to measure the liquidity levels on a sample of stocks from the Nairobi Securities exchange and also investigate the relationship between returns and liquidity on some of the stocks listed under the NSE ... -
A study of banking efficiency in Kenya using DEA
(Strathmore University, 2015)The objective of the study was to investigate efficiency in the Kenyan banking sector, this was undertaken by identifying the mean efficiency levels of commercial banks as well as identifying the key determinants of ... -
A study of behavioral biases present in sports betting markets
(Strathmore University, 2017)This study seeks to establish the behavioral biases exhibited by individuals who participate in sports betting. The biases are manifested by how the individuals (bettors) analyze data pertaining the gamble in order to place ... -
Study of relationship between earnings management and corporate governance case: Nairobi all share index banks
(Strathmore University, 2015)Due to the intense competition in Kenya's banking industry there is increased possibility of compromising the corporate governance actions. One of the main controversial corporate governance actions is earnings management. ... -
A study on the relationship between remittance inflows and local currency movement in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-03)This study seeks to shed some light on the relationship between movement of local currency and migrant remittances into Kenya, investigating if at all a relationship exists, and if so, the impact of that relationship on ... -
Supply model estimation of the equity risk premium in selected African equity markets
(Strathmore University, 2015)The supply model of (Grinold & Kroner, 2002)is used to estimate the Equity Risk Premium (ERP) in Kenya and South Africa for the period 2009 to 2013. Total return consists of capital appreciation from inflation, per capita ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ...
