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Politically connected firms - Gangs and Territory

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Last broadcast on Mon, 6 Dec 2010, 00:15 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only) (see all broadcasts).

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Professor Laurie Taylor explores the connections between politics and business with economist Mara Faccio, who talks about her new research into the subject. Laurie also talks to criminologist Judith Aldridge and discusses her research about how territory influences youth gangs. They are joined by Peter Squires from Brighton University.

Producer: Chris Wilson.

Mara Faccio

Hanna Chair in Entrepreneurship & Associate Professor of Finance at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana

Paper “Differences between Politically Connected and Non-Connected Firms: A Cross Country Comparison”
Financial Management
Autumn 2010, vol 39(3), 905-927

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Peter Squires

Professor of Criminology and Public Policy at Brighton University

Shooting to Kill? Policing Firearms and Armed Response
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN-10: 0470779268
ISBN-13: 978-0470779262

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Judith Aldridge

Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of University of Manchester

Book Chapter: Collateral Damage: Territory and Policing in an English Gang City
Authors: Aldridge, Judith; Medina, Juanjo; Ralphs, Robert
Book Title: Youth in crisis? : 'gangs', territoriality and violence
Editor: Goldson, Barry
Publisher:Willan Publishing
ISBN: 9781843927525

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  1. Wed 1 Dec 2010
    16:00
  2. Mon 6 Dec 2010
    00:15

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