Browsing BBSF Research Projects (2016) by Title
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Effect of capital structure on financial performance: the case of banks listed on the Nairobi securities exchange.
(Strathmore University, 2016)This paper seeks to examine the relationship between capital structure and bank perfonnance in Kenya. This study has employed the use of panel data techniques to analyze the relationship between capital structure and bank ... -
Effect of exchange rate volatility on foreign direct investment - the case of Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)The purpose of this research study was to examine the effect of exchange rate volatility on foreign direct investment (FDI) in a developing nation with the focus being Kenya. Time series data ranging from 1993-2013 were ... -
Effects of interim dividend announcement on the value of a firm
(Strathmore University, 2016)This research focuses on the impact of interim dividend announcement on the value of a firm. The purpose of this research , is to empirically investigate whether the magnitude of stock market reactions to-interim dividend ... -
The Impact of exchange rates and inflation rate on the marketed returns to suppliers in the Kenyan tea industry
(Strathmore University, 2016)Tea production and processing is a focal sector in the Kenyan agricultural sector with its' being the largest foreign exchange earner in the sector and thus a key contributor to the country's GDP. The tea sector is also a ... -
Impact of gender diversity in boards on firm value - a study on Kenyan and Egyptian listed companies
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)The purpose of this paper is to determine ( 1) whether there is any relationship between gender diversification in boards of listed companies and the firm value and (2) if the relationship varies across industries. Data ... -
Information content impact of stock splits - a case of the Kenyan market
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)Stock splits from their definition are seen as purely cosmetic events that is, they should have no effect on the returns of the shares in question. However, studies have found numerous stock market effects associated with ... -
Institutions and economic growth: Kenya, 1963 - 2014
(Strathmore University, 2016)This paper examines the existence of a relationship between political institutions and economic growth in Kenya. Through empirical analysis, carried out for the period between 1963-2014, the study aims to use the findings ... -
The interest rate pass-through from the Central Bank Rate to Microfinance Banks' lending rates in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)This paper investigates the significance of the interest rate pass-through from monetary policy rates to microfinance lending rates in Kenya. This methodology makes use of the Vector Auto regression Model, using annual ... -
Modelling temperature derivatives using Levy processes
(Strathmore University, 2015-12)Weather derivatives are a new risk manage tool which can be widely used in the financial market to avoid the impact of bad weather effects and control the weather risks (Wang et al, 2015). weather derivatives are different ... -
Modelling the impact of oil prices on stock prices in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-12)The purpose of the study is to model the impact of oil prices on stock prices in Kenya using monthly data for between 2003 and 2015. The study uses the Johansen's multivariate cointegration test and the vector error ... -
The relationship between executive remuneration and credit risk of banks listed in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2016)The collapse of the financial system in 2008 brought into light the strong impact that executive remuneration had in the management of credit risk in banks is the United States. The relationship of agency looks at executive ... -
The relationship between executive renumeration and credit risk of banks listed in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)The collapse of the financial system in 2008 brought into light the strong impact that executive remuneration had in the management of credit risk in banks is the United States. The relationship of agency looks at executive ... -
Stock market overreaction and the size effect - evidence from the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)Investors have traditionally been viewed as economically rational individuals who make decisions based on all available information. More recent studies propose that investors are irrational and systematically overreact ... -
Stock returns and trading volumes - the case of the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2015-12)This study examines the causal and contemporaneous relationship between stock returns and trading volumes at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The study makes use of panel data from 44 NSE-listed stocks over the period ...
