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<p>Corporate finance for the pre-industrial world began to emerge in the <a href="page.php?w=Italian_city-states">Italian city-states</a> and the <a href="page.php?w=Low_Countries">low countries</a> of Europe from the 15th century.</p>

<p>The Dutch East India Company (also known by the abbreviation "<a href="page.php?w=Verenigde_Oostindische_Compagnie">VOC</a>" in Dutch) was the first <a href="page.php?w=publicly_listed_company">publicly listed company</a> ever to pay regular <a href="page.php?w=dividend">dividend</a>s. The VOC was also the first</p><p>
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