Marat Vladimirovich Smirnov

• Member of International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS), 2016–present
• Member of Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES), 2019–present
• Member of Editorial board: The Russian Management Journal, 2012–present
• Managing Editor, The Russian Management Journal, 2017–2018
• Editorial Office Secretary, The Russian Management Journal, 2007–2017
• Managerial economics (Master program)

• Do board characteristics matter for the dividend policy of state-owned companies: Evidence from Russia//International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics. 2023. Volume 17, Number 2, pp. 196-222 (with Irina V. Berezinets, Yulia B. Ilina and Tengiz G. Ambardnishvili). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBGE.2023.129429
• Audit committee composition and earnings management in a specific institutional environment: The case of Russia//Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society. 2022.  Volume 22, Number 7, pp. 1491-1522. (with Egor D. Nikulin, Andrei A. Sviridov and Olesya V. Bandalyuk). https://doi.org/10.1108/cg-01-2021-0011
• The relationship of board of directors, audit committee and earnings management: Analysis of Russian public companies// Russian Management Journal. 2020. Volume 20, Issue 2, pp. 189-216. (with Nikulin E D., Sviridov A.A.) (in Russian) https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu18.2020.203
• Reactions of emerging stock markets to dividend announcements during economic growth: Evidence from India and Russia// Eurasian Economic Review. 2019. Volume 9, Issue 1, pp 71–89 (with Berezinets I., Bulatova L., Ilina Yu.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40822-018-0111-7
• How does stock market react to dividend surprises? Evidence from emerging markets of India and Russia//Journal of Asia-Pacific Business. 2017. Volume 18, Issue 3, pp. 153-179 (with Berezinets I., Bulatova L., Ilina Yu.). https://doi.org/10.1080/10599231.2017.1346407
• Board of directors and dividend policy in Russian companies with direct state participation //E-Journal “Corporate Finance”. 2017. Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 50-77 (with Ambardnishvili T., Berezinets I., Ilina Yu.) (in Russian). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3127566
• Board of directors in Russian state-owned companies//Economics of Contemporary Russia. 2016. Issue 2, pp. 90-106 (with Berezinets I., Ilina Yu.) (in Russian)
• The Russian market reaction to dividend surprises: an empirical study//Russian Management Journal. 2016. Volume 14, Issue 2, pp. 29-48 (with Berezinets I., Bulatova L., Ilina Yu.) (in Russian). https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu18.2016.202
• The reaction of the Russian market on the announcement of dividend payment: An empirical study// Vestnik (Herald) of Saint Petersburg University. Management Series. 2015. Issue 1, pp. 44–90 (with Berezinets I., Bulatova L., Ilina Y.).

Monographs, chapters in books, textbooks 

• Smirnov М. V. Corporate Governance: Introductory Course (study guide). SPb.: SPbU Publishing House, 2012-2016 (with А. V. Bukhvalov).

Conferences (last 5 years)

• 35th EBES Conference (online). Rome, 7-9 April 2021. Paper: “Role of audit committee in mitigating earnings management in Russian public companies” (co-auth. with Nikulin E. D.)
• International Scientific Conference “Emerging markets-2020”, GSOM SPbU, 17 November 2020. Paper: “Audit committee characteristics and earnings management: Analysis of relationship in Russian listed companies” (co-auth. with Nikulin E. D., Sviridiv A.A.)
• International Scientific Conference “Emerging markets-2019”, GSOM SPbU, 3–5 October 2019. Paper: “The relationship of earnings management and dividend payouts: empirical analysis of Russian companies” (co-auth. with Nikulin E. D., Orlova P. V.)
• 28th EBES Conference. Coventry, 29-31 May 2019. Paper: “Cluster initiatives and pilot innovative regional clusters in Russia: specifics of organization and structure”.
• 22nd EBES Conference, Rome, 24-26 May 2017. Paper: “Competitive Advantages in Clusters: Contemporary “Menu” and Perspectives”.