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Terrorism And Its Effect On People’S Socio Economic Ways Of Life: A Case Study Of Lamu County
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The purpose of this study was to investigate terrorism and its effect on people’s socio economic ways of life in Lamu County. The region has experienced perennial terror attacks during the period under study where the ... -
Terrorism And The Conduct Of Foreign Relations: A Case Of Kenyan Experience Since September 2001
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Although Kenya has put in place some mechanisms to address terrorism through domestic policies and international laws, there is minimal studies done on Kenya and it is international relations. For a better understanding ... -
Terrorism and the Media: a Symbiotic Relationship
(Universirv of NairobiSchool of Journalism, 2005)This exploratory study seeks to investigate via the agency of the concept of symbiosis how mutually beneficial the relationship between terrorism (however defined) and the media (as broadly defined) is. The study concludes ... -
Terrorism as a Threat to International Security, a Case for Self Defence: Kenya’s Experience With Somalia
(University of NairobiSchool of Law, 2013-08)Chapter one deals with background, literature review and theories of self defense generally to expose gaps, distortion or different perspectives on the right of self defense vis a vis terrorism. This chapter sought to ... -
Terrorism in Africa: Its Social and Economic Impacts in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)As the world becomes more globalized and liberalized, it would be idealistic for any state to presume it can insulate herself from the international community amid the evolving global events that elicit divergent responses ... -
Terrorism, foreign policy and national security in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)The study provides a conceptual overview of terrorism its dimensions, perspectives, factors that influence it and how it affects a nation state. The study then looks at foreign policy in Kenya and how Kenya projects its ... -
Terrorism:challenges facing Kenya’s national security and national responses to terrorism,1981-2003
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts International Studies, 2005-11)This research set out to investigate the challenges facing Kenya in combating terrorism. At the onset the researcher proposed to investigate the factors that expose Kenya to terrorism. In addition the researcher undertook ... -
Test for 'underreaction' to stock dividend Announcements at NSE
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2007)The paper sought to test for existence of underreaction anomaly at NSE using a company self-selected event, the stock dividend announcements. Underreaction anomaly refers to the tendency of stock prices to continue ... -
Test for investor rationality for companies quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)objective of this paper is to Test for Investor Rationality for Companies Quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Investors have traditionally been viewed as economically rational individuals who make decisions based on all ... -
Test for post earnings announcement drift at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012-11)This study was undertaken to test whether post earnings announcement drift exist at Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). It investigated abnormal stock returns due earning surprise after earnings announcements. The aim was ... -
Test Of Existence Of Long Term Memory In Stock Market Returns At Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Long term memory in stock market returns has received considerable attention among academicians and finance practitioners. This paper explores the applicability of Fractal market hypothesis and Chaos theory in explaining ... -
A Test of Relationship Between Capital Structure and Agency Costs: Evidence From the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(2011-09)The financing decision is one of the most important roles played by a modern finance manager as it determines the value of a firm. Managers strive to maintain a capital structure that maximizes the shareholders wealth ... -
A Test of Relationship Between Stock Market Price Volatility and Unit Trusts Returns
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011-11)The recognition and increasing importance of unit trusts as an investment instrument has spurred research on their performance. The objective of this research paper was to test the relationship between stock market price ... -
Test Of Relevance Of Altman Z-score Model In Predicting Bank Failure In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Owing to the important role played by commercial banks in an economy, understanding the determinants of their survival and viability is important. This study therefore sought to test the relevance of Altman Z-Score model ... -
A test of the concept of backwardness: A case study of Digo Society in Kenya
(1978)The concept of backwardness is explored in both its theoretical dimensions and its empirical applications to Digo society in Kenya. As an idea, backwardness is shown to be associated with the historical development of ... -
Test of the effect of macro-economic variables on volatility of securities prices: evidence from Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Volatility as the erratic rise and fall in the stock returns has alot of demerits especially when it comes to valuation of equities at the stock exchange in that it may cause the bourse to value the securities incorrectly, ... -
A Test of the Effectiveness of Downside Risk Framework Over Mean-variance Framework in Optimal Portfolio Selection:evidence From the Nairobi Securites Exchange (Nse).
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)Variance is commonly used as risk measure in portfolio optimization to find the trade-off between the risk and return. Investors wish to minimize the risk at the given level of return. However, the mean-variance model ... -
A Test of the nutrient non-Substitution hypothesis in crop response and fertilizer carryover analysis
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 1978)The study is motivated by the rapidly escalating energy prices, the accumulation of the major nutrients in many prime agricultural soils and the need to recognize the dynamic nature of the crop fertilization pro blem. ... -
A test of the weekend effect of the Uganda securities Exchange
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Test of the weekend effect of the Uganda securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Stock market behavior is very crucial in stock returns predictability. The Ugandan capital market has become more dynamic in the recent past and Ugandan population has also become more knowledgeable. Investors are not ...
