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Police Science Dr Podcast, making research accessible to the police practitionerSEBP23 Police working from homeProf Tom Kirchmaier, London School of Economics
2025-07-1104 min
The Visible HandEpisode 32: Jordi Blanes i Vidal on Face-to-face Communication in OrganisationsThe paper discussed in this episode is “Face-to-Face Communications in Organisations”, by Diego Battiston, Jordi Blanes i Vidal, and Tom Kirchmaier.Other papers mentioned in this episode are: Blanes i Vidal, J., & Kirchmaier, T. (2018). The effect of police response time on crime clearance rates. The Review of Economic Studies, 85(2), 855-891.Bolton, P., & Dewatripont, M. (1994). The firm as a communication network. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 109(4), 809-839.Garicano, L. (2000). Hierarchies and the Organization of Knowledge in Production. Journal of Political Economy, 108(5), 874-904.Van Zandt, T. (1999). Real-time decentralized information proc...2022-02-2134 min
The Visible HandEpisode 19: Anna Gumpert on Travel Time and Organisational StructureOther papers discussed in this episode are: Battiston, Diego, Jordi Blanes i Vidal, and Tom Kirchmaier (2020). Face-to-Face Communication in Organisations. Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming.Caliendo, Lorenzo, Ferdinando Monte, and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (2015). The Anatomy of French Production Hierarchies. The Journal of Political Economy 123(4), 809-852.Garicano, L. (2000). Hierarchies and the Organization of Knowledge in Production. Journal of Political Economy, 108(5), 874-904.Giroud, Xavier and Holger M. Mueller (2019). Firms' Internal Networks and Local Economic Shocks. American Economic Review 109(10), 3617-49.2021-09-3046 min
Rig på videnE30: Money Laundering with Tom Kirchmaier Tom Kirchmaier, professor at Copenhagen Business School, talks about money laundering; the categories, consequences for businesses and asset prices, and the problems with the anti-money laundering systems we have today. The article: https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/department-of-accounting/center-corporate-governance/news/tom-kirchmaier-the-anti-money-laundering-process-is-broken Nordic Finance and the Good Society:www.nfgs.dk Follow us on LinkedIn: André: www.linkedin.com/in/andréthormann/ Benjamin: www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminzumofen/ Henrik: www.linkedin.com/in/henrik...2021-07-1341 min
Probable CausationEpisode 53: Heyu Xiong on how legalizing marijuana affects marijuana dealersHeyu Xiong talks about on how legalizing marijuana affects those with histories of selling marijuana illegally.
“Displacement in the Criminal Labor Market: Evidence from Drug Legalizations” by Heyu Xiong.
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OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:
“Building Criminal Capital Behind Bars: Peer Effects in Juvenile Corrections” by Patrick Bayer, Randi Hjalmarsson, and David Pozen.
“Making a Narco: Childhood Exposure to Illegal La...2021-07-0635 min
På forkant med juraenHvordan bekæmper vi hvidvask?Hvidvask er et alvorligt og grænseløst problem, og et stort politisk fokus og ny og strammere lovgivning de seneste år har haft til hensigt at bekæmpe hvidvask og stække kriminelles muligheder for at recirkulere ulovligt tjente penge tilbage i lovlige aktiviteter.Vi tager debatten om vi gør nok – og om vi gør det rigtige, og så stiller vi spørgsmålet: Hvordan kan vi effektivt forhindre hvidvask nu og i fremtiden.OBS: Podcasten er på engelsk.Gæster:- Tom Kirchmaier, professor og specialist i be...2020-10-1436 min
LSE IQ podcastLSE IQ Episode 30 | How do we stop knife crime?Contributor(s): Yvonne Lawson, Professor Tom Kirchmaier, Carmen Vila-Llera, Janet Foster, Kerris Cooper | Knife crime in England and Wales hit a record high in 2019, up by 7% on the previous year. A disproportionate number of victims - and perpetrators - are young and disadvantaged. Exploring the question, ‘How do we stop knife crime?’, Joanna Bale talks to Kerris Cooper, Janet Foster, Tom Kirchmaier, Yvonne Lawson and Carmen Villa-Llera. Research links: Physical safety and Security: Policies, spending and outcomes 2015-2020 by Kerris Cooper and Nicola Lacey. The Real Sherlocks: Murder Investigators at Work by Janet Foster (due for publication in 2020)2020-01-1739 minLSE IQLSE IQ Episode 30 | How do we stop knife crime?Contributor(s): Yvonne Lawson, Professor Tom Kirchmaier, Carmen Vila-Llera, Janet Foster, Kerris Cooper | Knife crime in England and Wales hit a record high in 2019, up by 7% on the previous year. A disproportionate number of victims - and perpetrators - are young and disadvantaged. Exploring the question, ‘How do we stop knife crime?’, Joanna Bale talks to Kerris Cooper, Janet Foster, Tom Kirchmaier, Yvonne Lawson and Carmen Villa-Llera. Research links: Physical safety and Security: Policies, spending and outcomes 2015-2020 by Kerris Cooper and Nicola Lacey. The Real Sherlocks: Murder Investigators at Work by Janet Foster (due for publication in 2020)2020-01-1739 min
LSE PodcastsHow Do We Stop Knife Crime?Knife crime in England and Wales hit a record high in 2019, up by 7% on the previous year. A disproportionate number of victims - and perpetrators - are young and disadvantaged. Exploring the question, ‘How do we stop knife crime?’, Joanna Bale talks to Kerris Cooper, Janet Foster, Tom Kirchmaier, Yvonne Lawson and Carmen Villa-Llera. Research links: Physical safety and Security: Policies, spending and outcomes 2015-2020 by Kerris Cooper and Nicola Lacey. The Real Sherlocks: Murder Investigators at Work by Janet Foster (due for publication in 2020).2020-01-1739 minLSE IQ | Intelligent questions with social science answersHow Do We Stop Knife Crime?Knife crime in England and Wales hit a record high in 2019, up by 7% on the previous year. A disproportionate number of victims - and perpetrators - are young and disadvantaged. Exploring the question, ‘How do we stop knife crime?’, Joanna Bale talks to Kerris Cooper, Janet Foster, Tom Kirchmaier, Yvonne Lawson and Carmen Villa-Llera. Research links: Physical safety and Security: Policies, spending and outcomes 2015-2020 by Kerris Cooper and Nicola Lacey. The Real Sherlocks: Murder Investigators at Work by Janet Foster (due for publication in 2020).2020-01-1739 min
Financial Markets GroupApplied Materials AGM – LSE students discuss the proposals [Video]Contributor(s): Dr Tom Kirchmaier, Dr Moqi Groen-Xu, Shuhei Ogino, Maximilian Schmidl | In our latest shortVIEW interview LSE Finance students share their opinion about Applied Materials’ AGM 2016 and whether proxy access matters.2016-04-1511 minFinancial Markets GroupSmith & Nephew AGM – LSE students discuss the resolutions [Video]Contributor(s): Dr Tom Kirchmaier, Dr Moqi Groen-Xu, Joven Jia Wen Liew, Ruobing Wang | In our latest shortVIEW interview LSE Finance students share their opinion about Smith & Nephew’s AGM 2016 and whether their current remuneration disclosure is sufficient.2016-04-1310 minFinancial Markets GroupScience, the State and the City: Britain’s struggle to succeed in biotechnology [Video]Contributor(s): Sir Geoffrey Owen and Dr Tom Kirchmaier | Geoffrey Owen discusses his new book (joint with Michael M. Hopkins) on how biotechnology emerged as a new way of making medicines in the 1970s, how firms based in the US took the lead in the new techniques, and why the UK and other industrial countries have found it so hard to catch up.2016-04-1110 minFinancial Markets GroupCEO Compensation [Video]Contributor(s): Prof Dirk Jenter, Dr Tom Kirchmaier | What has caused the massive growth in CEO compensation? Prof Dirk Jenter presents historical evidence and explains that market forces are the most likely cause of the rise in CEO compensation.2016-04-1111 minFinancial Markets GroupSay on Pay: Do Shareholders Care [Video]Contributor(s): Dr Carsten Gerner-Beuerle and Dr Tom Kirchmaier | The authors discuss the British regulation of executive remuneration, which is characterised by the unique feature of two votes, one forward looking on the company’s remuneration report, and one backward looking on the director’s annual remuneration package. Using the pay information disclosed by FTSE 100 companies, research shows that shareholders guide their vote by top line salary and appear to disregard the remaining substantial body of information provided to them. Shareholders differentiate between the two voting dimensions in about 23% of the cases. In contrast to the rationale of the legislation that...2016-04-1107 minFinancial Markets GroupWall Street Occupations – An Example of Excessive Compensation? [Video]Contributor(s): Prof Ulf Axelson, Dr Tom Kirchmaier | Are bankers overpaid? Professor Ulf Axelson argues that high pay levels in finance may be necessary to prevent misconduct, even if the lucky few landing these jobs are no more skilled or deserving than others.2016-03-0408 minFinancial Markets GroupIPOs in the Global Capital Markets [Video]Contributor(s): Dr Josef Schuster, Founder IPOX Schuster LLC; Dr Tom Kirchmaier | IPOs can provide vital capital to firms, and can be of particular importance in Emerging Economies where alternative financing channels might not always provide the capital at the lowest cost. Josef discusses this, and how investors can deal with the inherent shortcoming of IPOs share price being a disappointment to investors.2016-03-0410 minFinancial Markets GroupGovernance in Policing – The HMIC example [Video]Contributor(s): Steve Otter QPM, Dr Tom Kirchmaier | Steve Otter discusses with Tom Kirchmaier the parallels between Police Inspection and Governance, and how the Public sector – here in the form of the HMIC – can ensure good performance and conduct by the various police forces.2016-03-0409 minFinancial Markets GroupShort-termism in the UK – A real issue? [Video]Contributor(s): John O’Higgins (CEO of Spectris plc), Dr Tom Kirchmaier | View from John O’Higgins on the issue of the short-termism in financial markets, for which John did not see any evidence in his own experience.2016-02-1012 minFinancial Markets GroupCorporate Governance Codes – What can be learned from the UK experience [Video]Contributor(s): Chris Hodge, Dr Tom Kirchmaier | Chris shares his opinion about what other countries can learn from the UK experience when introducing Governance frameworks.2016-02-1014 minFinancial Markets GroupRetaining female talent: the role of technology and flexibility in increasing female leadership [Video]Contributor(s): Carol Sawdye, Dr Tom Kirchmaier | Retaining female talent: the role of technology and flexibility in increasing female leadership2015-09-0911 minFinancial Markets GroupCorporate Governance in Emerging Economies – View from India [Video]Contributor(s): Nimesh Kampani, Dr Tom Kirchmaier | Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies – View from India2015-09-0915 minFinancial Markets GroupCorporate Governance in Emerging Economies – a Lost Cause? [Video]Contributor(s): Gary Greenberg, Dr Tom Kirchmaier | Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies – a Lost Cause?2015-09-0910 minFinancial Markets GroupCorporate Governance in Emerging Economies – View from China [Video]Contributor(s): Dr Hans Hirt, Michael Cheng, Professor Wei Shen, Dr Tom Kirchmaier | Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies – View from China2015-09-0931 minFinancial Markets GroupShortVIEW: Shareholder rebellion at Deutsche Bank [Video]Contributor(s): Dr Tom Kirchmaier, Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt | At Deutsche Bank's annual general meeting, 39% of its shareholders voted against approving the performance of the group's co-chief executives and other members of the management board. Dr Tom Kirchmaier analyses this shareholder revolt with Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt, a Director of Hermes Investment Management, which represents around 0.5% of shares in the bank and has been vocal in its criticism.2015-06-1509 minFinancial Markets GroupShortVIEW: Law and Finance in Emerging Economies: The Case of Germany 1800-1913 [Video]Contributor(s): Dr Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Dr Tom Kirchmaier | By most standards, Britain in the mid-19th century was not only the preeminent industrial power in the world, but also possessed more developed capital markets than any other country. The probably most widely accepted explanation attributes this gap in financial development to more stringent disclosure requirements and more effective enforcement mechanisms in Britain. The explanatory models, however, are commonly not based on a detailed comparative legal analysis of the regulatory environment, but consider only isolated major reforms. The discussed research constructs a comprehensive time series of the evolving disclosure framework and...2015-06-1507 minFinancial Markets GroupShortVIEW: Corporate governance challenges in Emerging Markets [Video]Contributor(s): Dr Tom Kirchmaier, Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt | Dr Tom Kirchmaier talks to Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt surrounding the differing problems surrounding Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets, and introduces a new series that looks into the various aspects of it. It will be followed by a longer debate held in Hong Kong later on in the year.2015-06-1503 minFinancial Markets GroupShortVIEW: Are shareholders lazy? [Video]Contributor(s): Dr Tom Kirchmaier, Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt | Dr Tom Kirchmaier talks to Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt on issues of short-termism and shareholder democracy.2015-06-1508 minFinancial Markets GroupMyths and Facts about Women on Boards [Video]Contributor(s): Dr Tom Kirchmaier, Professor Renée Adams | Professor Renée Adams discusses the myths and facts surrounding women's participation on corporate boards.2014-12-1707 min