The Effect of Regional Financial Integration on Intra-Regional Trade  in the East African Community

dc.contributor.author	Obere, Almadi
dc.contributor.author	Muthoga, Samuel
dc.contributor.author	Mburu, Kimani
dc.contributor.author	Muchai, Diana Mukwate
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-24T10:59:03Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-24T10:59:03Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.citation	Muthoga, S., Obere, A., Mburu, K., & Muchai, D. (2013). The Effect of Regional Financial Integration on Intra-Regional Trade in the East African Community.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2231
dc.description.abstract	This paper aimed at establishing effects of regional financial integration on intraregional trade in East African Community (EAC). The importance of financial integration on tradeprompted the study. Quantitative and qualitative data between year 2000 and 2009 from theEast African community was used. This paper employed the general method of moments in itsanalysis. Results showed that regional financial integration significantly affect intraregionaltrade in the EAC. The study recommends that EAC coordinating committee promote effectivebank supervision to achieve uniform bank spread, initiate ways of issuance of common bondand develop secondary markets for all financial assets in the region.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	www.globalbizresearch.com	en_US
dc.subject	Regional financial integration	en_US
dc.subject	intraregional trade	en_US
dc.subject	custom union	en_US
dc.subject	free trade area	en_US
dc.subject	Common external tariff	en_US
dc.subject	bank spread	en_US
dc.subject	government security rate	en_US
dc.subject	exchange rate	en_US
dc.title	The Effect of Regional Financial Integration on Intra-Regional Trade in the East African Community	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US