Impact of Privatization on Companies' Liquidity: A Case of Companies Listed At Nairobi Securities Exchange
Date
2014Author
Waweru, Gabriel
Mbogo, John
Shano, Mohamed
Gichana, Ignatius
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The aim of this study was to analyze the liquidity of companies privatized and quoted in the Nairobi Security  Exchange.  The research focused on those companies, which were recently privatized and were quoted at the Nairobi   Security   Exchange. Secondary   data   was   collected  and analyzed  from both  published  and unpublished  reports.      Published  data  mainly  came  from  the  financial  reports  of  these  companies,  journals and  prospectus.    Unpublished  data  was  obtained  from  research  papers.Two    ratios  were  computed  for  the companies  five  years  before  privatization and five years after privatization and the student’s t-distribution was   used   to   determine   whether   there   were   significant   differences   in   liquidity   before   and   after privatization.The  general  conclusion  from  the  study  shows  that  there  were  no  significant  changes  in  the liquidity of companies before and after privatization.

