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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 ... -
A test of turn of the month effect at the Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)The turn of the month effect is a stock market anomaly in which the mean stock return is higher during the first half of the month and lower during the latter half of the same month. This is a critical departure from the ... -
Testing Applicability of Altman Z Model in Predicting Financial Distress of Non-financial Firms Listed at the Nairobi Security Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This project aimed at determining if Altman Z” (1993) can accurately forecast the failure of non-financial firms listed on Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). The study was anchored on entropy, credit risk, cash management ... -
Testing Efficiency and Segmentation of the Interbank Money Market in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In this study, the researcher has tested efficiency and segmentation of the interbank money market in Kenya. The study has analyzed all the 44 banks that trade in the interbank money market in Kenya. The study utilizes ... -
Testing for the existence of noise in financial statement based measures of performance for companies listed at the Nairobi stock exchange.
(School of Business, 2007)In Kenya, firms listed at the Nairobi stock exchange are required to publish their annual results to keep shareholders informed on their performance. The firms performance is also captured through trading at the Nairobi ... -
Testing for the reliability of the Nairobi Stock exchange indices
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2006)The stock market indices are today a vital tool for both economists and actors in the financial world. The multiplication and the very importance given to the indices raise the question of their accuracy and of the ... -
Testing for variations in the capital structure of companies quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange:An empirical study
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2000-06)In 1958, when Modigliani and Miller came up with the irrelevancy theory of capital structure a number of controversies sprang up, most of which sought to establish the relationship between capital structure and the value ... -
Testing of the Day of the Week Anomaly on Foreign Exchange Rate in the Foreign Exchange Market in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In an efficient market, prices reflect all the market information whether past, publicly held or private information. Investors should therefore expect to make only normal profits by earning a normal rate of return on ...