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Regime-Switching Model on Hourly Electricity Spot Price Dynamics
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2018)
A robust time-varying regime-switching model for price dynamics of hourly
spot price of electricity on the electricity market is developed. We propose a
two-state Markov Regime Switching (MRS) model that gives weight to ...
Effect of Microfinance Credit on SMEs Financial Performance in Kenya
(Scholarlink Research Institute, 2017)
The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector is important for the growth of the economy in any developing
country. Similarly, microfinance credit facilities are crucial to SMEs financial performance as they facilitate ...
Crop yield probability density forecasting via quantile random forest and Epanechnikov Kernel function
(2019)
A reliable and accurate forecasting method for crop yields is very important for the
farmer, the economy of a country, and the agricultural stakeholders. However, due to
weather extremes and uncertainties as a result of ...
On Steady Dividend Payment under Functional Mean Reversion Speed
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc, 2016)
We study how firms’ management can ensure steady dividend growth and payout to the shareholders in an emerging market. We create the dividend equalization reserve account whereby
during high profit some amount of money ...
Determinants of Consumers’ Adoption of Mobile Parking Payment Services in Kenya
(Sabinet, 2016)
We conduct a study on consumers‟ satisfaction and acceptance of mobile parking service: EJIJIPAY, in Nairobi
City-Kenya. We begin by assessing consumers‟ satisfaction of EJIJIPAY since its launch. We perform factor ...
Modelling Risk of Financing Agribusiness in Kenya
(2015)
We review agricultural financing strategies in developed and developing economies
in light of the risks that agricultural businesses face due to variations in weather
conditions among other challenges. We specifically ...
Dynamic Credit Quality Evaluation with Social Network Data
(Hindawi, 2019)
We investigate the fltering problem where the borrower’s time varying credit quality process is estimated using continuous time
observation process and her (in this paper we refer to the borrower as female and the lender ...
Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya: Challenges and Opportunities
(Scholarlink Research Institute, 2017)
This study investigated the challenges and opportunities affecting access to finance for women entrepreneurs in
Kenya with the aim of making positive contributions to the Kenyan economic recovery strategies and ...
Expansion formulas for European quanto options in a local volatility FX-LIBOR model
(World Scientific Publishing Company, 2018)
We develop an expansion approach for the pricing of European quanto options written on LIBOR rates (of a foreign currency). We derive the dynamics of the system of foreign
LIBOR rates under the domestic forward measure ...
Factor Analysis of Customers Perception of Mobile Banking Services in Kenya
(Sabinet, 2013)
Mobile banking service, M-Shwari, allows users to save, earn interest and borrow loan over a short period of
time using their mobile phones. The service has a potential to spur economic growth if consumers could
understand ...