Impact of Partial Government Ownership on Company Performance

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School of Business | Bachelor's thesis
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2023

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Rahoitus

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en

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24 + 7

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I use data from Finland and Sweden between 2012 and 2022 to examine the effect of partial ownership by the Finnish government on the performance of companies. In my work, I go through the previous studies and conduct regression analysis with Tobin’s Q and profitability metrics to gain insight into how companies partially owned by the government perform. I found some evidence supporting the hypothesis that government ownership negatively affects company performance measured by Tobin’s Q. I found no negative impact of government ownership on profitability ratios such as return on equity and return on assets.

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Vihriälä, Erkki

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government ownership, company performance, Tobin's Q, profitability

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