Государственные пакеты акций в российских компаниях: происхождение, типы и влияние на результаты деятельности

Muravyev, Alexander (2003): Государственные пакеты акций в российских компаниях: происхождение, типы и влияние на результаты деятельности. Published in: Bulletin of the Working Center for Economic Reforms , Vol. 2, No. 133 (February 2003): pp. 13-34.

Abstract

This paper studies the impact of federal state shareholdings on the performance of Russian companies. It differs from most similar studies in two respects. Firstly, it focuses on mixed ownership companies rather than conventional state enterprises. Secondly, it distinguishes between several types of federal state shareholdings, namely elected blocks, residual blocks (which may be held by two bodies with different functions – the Ministry for State Property and the Russian Fund for Federal Property) and golden shares. The paper describes the origin of federal state shareholdings and discusses their possible implications for company performance. Econometric analysis shows that companies with state ownership generally perform worse than the average firm in terms of labour productivity and profitability. However, there are remarkable differences in the performance of companies with different types of state shareholdings. These differences in performance are explained by the different degrees of control the federal state has over enterprises with various types of shareholdings – greater control is associated with better performance. The paper concludes that the government should avoid keeping equity stakes in companies unless there is a good reason to retain them. If the state wants to keep an ownership stake in a company, reliable control structures must be created.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Government-owned blocks of shares in Russian companies
• Language: Russian
• Keywords: corporate governance, state ownership, firm performance, Russia
• Subjects: P - Economic Systems > P3 - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions > P31 - Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions; L - Industrial Organization > L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise > L33 - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit Institutions ; Privatization ; Contracting Out

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