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A Comparative Study of Crank-Nicolson scheme and Monte-Carlo Option Pricing
(Strathmore University, 2017)This study examines the rate of convergence and the accuracy of the two primary option pricing methods used currently by professionals; Monte-Carlo and Crank-Nicolson scheme using the Black-Scholes price as the benchmark ... -
A comparative study of the day of the week effect in the emerging and frontier markets in Africa
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)The study focuses on comparing the daily share prices of five major stock markets in Africa comprising of the emerging and frontier markets in Africa. The study uses daily share prices of stock market indices of Botswana, ... -
Competition and microfinance interest rates in Sub Saharan Africa
(Strathmore University, 2015)This paper examines the competition effects on microfinance lending interest rates while also considering firm profitability and social outreach. The study, which covers microfinance institutions in 32 countries in Sub-Saharan ... -
The consistency of credit risk pricing in emerging market sovereign debt: the relationship between Bond prices and credit default swap spreads
(Strathmore University, 2017)Theoretical foundations indicate that, under no-arbitrage conditions, a relationship between bond prices and Credit Default Swap prices should be observed. This study examines whether this relationship is evident in emerging ... -
Construction of multidimensional poverty index of Kenya using the Alkire-Foster method
(Strathmore University, 2017)In this paper, we use one specification of the Alkire-Foster approach, which is referred to as the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), to calculate the poverty index of Kenya. This index was computed for 104 countries ... -
The contemporaneous relationship between stock prices and monetary policy in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2016)Movements in the stock market can have a significant impact on the macroeconomy and stock prices are therefore likely to be an important factor in monetary policy decisions. In view of the raging debate on whether central ... -
Coronary Heart disease prediction in the USA and factors that favor its occurrence
(Strathmore University, 2021)Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the leading cause of deaths in adults in Europe ~md North America (WHO, 2017) . Early detection and treatment of this disease is thus a matter of life and death (Gonsalves, Thabtah, ... -
Corporate debt bias in NSE listed companies in Kenya - evaluation of an ACE reform on investmentments levels
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)This study looks at the corporate debt bias resulting from debt deductibility of interest. It aims at establishing whether an Allowance for Corporate Equity (ACE) tax reform within capital intensive firms listed on the NSE ... -
Corporate governance and dividend payout - analysis of firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2014-03)The study aims to examine the effect of corporate governance on dividend payout of firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. Based on agency theory, the study considers the effect of two conflicting hypotheses, the ... -
Credit scoring for group lending - an analysis of the Kenyan Microfinance Institutions
(Strathmore University, 2014-03-31)Microfinance Institutions play a major role in expanding the reach of microcredit programs in the Kenyan economy through providing group lending. This initiative has been hampered by lack of a risk-based pricing and ... -
Customer protection in mortgage financing industry in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-03)Consumer protection is an especially important instrument in creating long-term banking relationships. These relationships influence uptake of banking products such as mortgages especially if they are built on trust and ... -
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 ...
