Analysis of Government Influence on the Dividend Payment Policy in Russian Companies

Student: Kuznetsov Viacheslav

Educational Programme: Strategic Corporate Finance (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2019

This paper develops a theme of government influence on dividend payment policy of Russian companies. Though, theme of dividend payment policy is highly investigated, there are few researches interested in government influence, which increases actuality. Also, this paper investigates key factors influencing dividend payment policy, which may be actual for decision-making about investments on the Russian market. Government influence on dividend payments was studied on more than 130 Russian companies, which allowed to find specific patterns under different economic conditions in country.

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