Steven Tom
Biographic Data
| ID | 1315169 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Tom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Tom |
| SIGNATURE | TOM S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Economic freedom, financial development and the determinants of fraud and scandal
The paper argues that the incidence of financial fraud and scandals has systemic macro-economic determinants. While not denying organisation specific causes, short-run triggering events, and key players’ motivations, it shows that the extent of fraud and the number of financial scandals depend on the opportunities created by the financial system’s evolution. Using archival and quantitative evidence from the United Kingdom, it specifies aggregate …
Elite directors, London finance, and British overseas expansion
This article considers how international economic expansion impacts on the composition of elite groups on boards of companies. We examine, why, at the height of the British Empire, boards of national, imperial, and international railway companies, financed from London, were dominated by elites drawn differentially from the aristocracy, the military, finance, and politics. To investigate the reasons for these differences, we conduct a social netwo…
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Elite directors, London finance, and British overseas expansion
This article considers how international economic expansion impacts on the composition of elite groups on boards of companies. We examine, why, at the height of the British Empire, boards of national, imperial, and international railway companies, financed from London, were dominated by elites drawn differentially from the aristocracy, the military, finance, and politics. To investigate the reasons for these differences, we conduct a social netwo…
Economic freedom, financial development and the determinants of fraud and scandal
The paper argues that the incidence of financial fraud and scandals has systemic macro-economic determinants. While not denying organisation specific causes, short-run triggering events, and key players’ motivations, it shows that the extent of fraud and the number of financial scandals depend on the opportunities created by the financial system’s evolution. Using archival and quantitative evidence from the United Kingdom, it specifies aggregate …
Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Aristocracy (class) (1 work) · Capital (architecture) (1 work) · Corruption and Economic Development (1 work) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (1 work) · Economic history (1 work) · Economy (1 work)