Shayan Sepehrdoost - Master of Public Administration - Finance, Court of Audit West Azerbaijan Province,

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of capital structure on dividends paid by companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Tehran. Therefore, for the purpose of research in the study was retrospective, descriptive and causal. The research firms listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange. The company is number 464. To test the significance of each variable pay interest and significant impact on the regression coefficient (t-test) and (F Fisher) and to determine the remaining independent regression was used to test Watson camera. In this study, the ratio of short-term debt to total assets ratio long term debt to total assets ratio of equity to total assets, which are components of the capital structure is used as the independent variable. 4 year study period from 1331 to 1333, respectively. The method used to collect information, library. To test the hypothesis of multivariate regression model was used. The results show that the ratio of equity to total assets on interest paid by companies listed on Tehran Stock Exchange has the effect of short-term debt to total assets ratio long term debt to total assets of listed companies Tehran Stock Exchange is not effective. In other words interest paid on the capital structure of listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange has a significant effect.

capital structure, interest payments, debt, equity