English Abstract: The article presents results of empirical study of trends in dividend payments of national companies … characteristics of companies and their dividend policies, then – multivariate analysis based on regression testing of panel data. The … companies not paying any dividends at all (66% of observations representing dividend payouts amount to zero values). On average …

English Abstract: Russian joint-stock companies are actively using the dividend policy to increase the attractiveness … increasing dividend payouts is associated with increased risks of a slowdown in the growth of market capitalization and an …