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“The effect of bonus share issues on stock prices of companies quoted at the Nairobi stock exchange”
(2007-11)
In the recent past companies quoted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange have been using stock dividend as a mode of paying dividends. This emerging trend may be attributed to the pecking order theory, economic growth in the ...
Fundamental accounting variables and stock return: Evidence from Nairobi stock exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Every investor would like to feel that he/she has obtained the best deal for his investment; in his buy decision he would like to feel that he has not paid more than the investment is worth, while in the sell decision he ...
The effect of stock splits and large stock Dividend on liquidity: evidence from the Nairobi stock exchange
(2006)
Since 1969, researchers have been bewildered with stock split, the pioneer study of Fama,
Fisher, Jensen, and Ross, which tried to explain the reasons behind the noticeable increase in
share prices before and after the ...
Market reaction to planned change in capital structure: public offers as proxy for change in capital structure-evidence from Nairobi stock exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08)
This study has two broad aims, to test the existence of a relationship between capital structure and firm value using IPO as a proxy for capital structure on Nairobi Stock Exchange and, to analyze the behavior of firm share ...
An investigation of the relationship between the inflation rate and equity price movements at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2012-07)
The study was carried out to examine if there is a relationship between NSE stock prices and inflation for the period covering 1999 to 2010. The hypothesis tested aimed at showing the relationship between the NSE 20 share ...
Interrelationship of size effect and January effect at the Nairobi stock exchange (NSE): an empirical investigation
(2007-09)
Seasonality in stock returns has been of great importance to financial scholars and practitioners. The size effects indicate that the stocks returns are a decreasing function of firm size whereas the January effect is ...
A survey on the use of just-in-time (JIT) Systems in the companies listed at the Nairobi stock exchange.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
This Research Project sought to survey the use of JIT practices by the
companies listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The study set to achieve three
objectives. The first objective was to document just-in-time practices ...
Long run performance of initial public offerings:Evidence from the Nairobi stock exchange
(2010)
Long run performance of IPOs has elicited much research the world over. Much interest
by scholars has been on the anomalies on initial over performance and long run
underperformance. It is amazing to note that majority ...
Factors Limiting the Development of Emerging Stock Markets: the Case of Nairobi Stock Exchange
(2002)
The Kenyan stock market has experienced poor performance since it was formed in 1954.
Over these years, the market has experienced low turnover, low market capitalization and
the stagnation of the number of listed ...
Study of Holiday Effect at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi,, 2007-12)
The objective of this study was to investigate whether the stock returns at the NSE exhibit holiday effect. The holiday effect portends that on a day prior to the public holidays, stocks exhibit relatively high returns ...