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Many studies have attempted identifying the determinants of capital flight in the Sub Sahara African region. Most of them have focused on testing the portfolio choice theory while assuming that capital inflows meant for public investment are diverted by political elites and politically exposed persons and firms to foreign countries’ bank account... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2023
Author: Magombo, John Hatman Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu , Ronald ManganiThis study conducts a comparative analysis of the monetary policy transmission mechanism in the SADC region by assessing the importance and similarity of the interest rate channel for the SADC countries. Using the vector auto-regression (VAR) approach, the study focuses on the reduced-form relationships between short term interest rates, inflati... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Mkombe, Dadirai Patricia Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu , Winfred MasanjalaThis study analyses the nature of the interaction between fiscal and monetary policy in Malawi during the period 1980 to 2014. Accordingly, a Vector Autoregressive (VAR) analysis was employed to examine the issue of policy coordination and dominance by means of innovation accounting. The results of the study reveal that the two policies were wea... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2016
Author: Mapila, Salim Ahmed Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu , Maxton TsokaThe spaghetti bowl hypothesis states that multiple and overlapping memberships in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) is problematic globally including on African continent. Malawi is a founding member of two regional blocs namely: the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). According... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2014
Author: Tsokalida, Elias Ellias Supervisor(s): Exley SilumbuThe economy of Malawi is feeling the effects of persistent trade deficits. This has resulted in recurrent shortage of foreign currency on the formal market. This study puts up a case for increasing exports into the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regions. A view peddled by t... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2013
Author: Namarika, Bisa Supervisor(s): Exley SilumbuThe study used multivariate vector autoregressive model (VAR) to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth, and assess the determinants of FDI inflows in Uganda for the periods between 1970 and 2010. Interpretations of results are based on Granger-Causality and innovation accounting (variance decomposition and ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Odongo, Maxwell Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu , Ronald ManganiIt has been hypothesised that the degree of specialization in Intra Industry Trade (IIT) is highly correlated with the level of a country’s development. Therefore, since specialization mostly characterizes manufacturing goods and not primary commodity exports of which countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are mainly depe... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2010
Author: Mulenga, Mulenga Chonzi Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu , Regson ChawezaBank credit constitutes a single vital source of financing for private sector firms in an economy. Its availability makes it relatively easy for entrepreneurs to obtain financing to start a new business and for established businesses to purchase new equipment and technologies to expand their operations. Private sector credit is also one of the m... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2007
Author: Ibrahim, Patrick Grafton Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu , Chinyamata ChipetaIn this study, the demand for real money M1 and M2 is estimated for Uganda covering the period 1980-2004 on a quarterly basis. The modelling takes place within the framework of the ordinary least squares (OLS) single equation estimation method. The choice of this single equation estimation technique was because it is simple to use and it has bee... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Muhofa, Hamala Denis Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu , Ronald ManganiThis paper examines the effect of financial reforms on financial deepening in Kenya. The specificic objective of the study were to assess the effect of financial liberalization on savings mobilization, to analyze the effect of financial reforms on intermediation margin and to investigate the effect of financial liberalization on the size of fina... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Mwangi, Beatrice Njeri Supervisor(s): Winfred Masanjala , Exley SilumbuThis study investigates the determinants of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) in Africa. The study covers 37 African countries over a period of six years from 2005 to 2010. The study used a fixed effects model and differenced GMM for empirical estimations. Using the Stock of Chinese investment in Africa, the study found that Chine... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Singini, Khwima Supervisor(s): Ephraim Chirwa , Exley SilumbuThis study estimated responsiveness of Malawi - South Africa bilateral trade flows to changes in relative prices and income. The analysis was carried out using ARDL bounds testing approach to cointergration. The modeling strategy gave an opportunity for a joint examination of both short run reactions to changes in trade flows as well as the long... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2014
Author: Mfuni, Hope Ephron Supervisor(s): Regson Chaweza , Exley SilumbuThis paper examined the impact of increased openness to international trade on labour employment and income inequalities among 20 sub-Saharan African countries for the period between 1980 and 2002. The paper employed a panel vector autoregressive (Panel VAR) model to account for endogeniety in the variables in the model. The study used both the ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Nyirenda, Augustine Mwendayekha Supervisor(s): Exley SilumbuThis study examines the causal relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and economic growth in Malawi and how the two interact with trade openness and inflation. The study employs vector auto regression analysis method using time series annual data from 1970 to 2005. The Granger causality tests and innovation accounting were used to invest... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2008
Author: Chauma, Takondwa Christina Supervisor(s): Ben Kaluwa , Exley SilumbuDue to a growing interest among economists in financial development as a key driver of economic growth and poverty reduction, the economy of Malawi, just like other developing countries, has taken a number of efforts in trying to improve the performance the financial sector. At the same, efforts to open up the country for trade have not been com... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2008
Author: Chipala, Esmie Koriheya Supervisor(s): Ronald Mangani , Exley SilumbuThe overriding objective of this study is to investigate the causal relationship between financial deepening, taken to mean an increase of financial assets in the economy, and economic growth in Malawi. The empirical investigation is based on the neoclassical growth model augmented with financial deepening and other growth-related factors, using... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2007
Author: Petautchere, Richard George Supervisor(s): Chinyamata Chipeta , Exley SilumbuThe twin deficits hypothesis mainly states that government budget deficits will cause a trade or current account deficit, which implies that government budget deficits have a negative impact on the current or trade account balance. However; this is not the only theoretically possible relationship between budget deficits and the trade or current... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2007
Author: Nakyambade, Dorothy Supervisor(s): Ben Kaluwa , Exley SilumbuThe overriding objective of this study is to assess the readiness of SADC member countries for the proposed monetary unification. The study applies the diverse theory of optimal currency areas placing it firmly within the context of the SADC for the period 1980-2004. An assessment of the theoretical and applied empirical literature is discussed.... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2007
Author: Chawani, Rodgers Brenner Supervisor(s): Winfred Masanjala , Exley SilumbuAwards
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