Dr Vincent Fitzsimons

Senior Lecturer

My profile

Biography

Other academic service (administration and management)

Currently the EPIB Departmental Inclusion and Disability co-ordinator.  Previously acted as Academic Integrity officer for EPIB, Programme Leader for MSc Tax Policy.

Formerly University of Bradford Head of Economics (2013-15), in which position I led the re-validation at Periodic Review of 16 Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes of the Division (completed December 2014). Previously Postgraduate Programme Director (2012-13), and Assessment Officer (2008-12). Chair of Economics Assessment Committee and Exam Board (2014-15); Chair of University Graduate School Exam Board (2013-5); Member of the University’s Senate Appeals, Complaints, and Investigation panels (2009-2015); Chair of University Programme Approval and Review Team, (2013-15); Chair for many Faculty Investigations (2011-15). Deputy Chair of Faculty Learning & Teaching Committee (2013-15); Member of Faculty Executive Board (2013-15; Chair of Faculty Learning & Teaching Committee Programme Approval sub-committee (2013-15). Former member of School Human Resources committee (2012-2014); University Course Annual Review Panel for Collaborative Provision programmes across the University (2010-12).

Consultancy and advisory roles

Consultant - EU TEMPUS / PHARE projects ‘PARD’ programme – Public Administration Reform and Development in Transition (1999-2001) Consultant. Retraining of ‘legacy’ Czech local government officials in post-communist system as part of stabilisation and reconstruction of transition economies. (UK & Czech Republic)

Consultant and team leader – EU Management and European Studies training and knowledge development initiatives for EU candidate countries. European Management Studies funded overseas programmes development under EU TEMPUS (“INSYPA” for curriculum development in Public Administration Information Systems, and “ESPRO” for European Studies curriculum development, which led to participation in co-operation with Czech and EU universities, 1997-2001)

Community, charity and NGO links

Transparency International (UK) and Brooks World Poverty Institute joint consultation on ‘Aid, Poverty and Corruption’ 2008.

Government and industry links

HMRC Tax Academy - delivery and support to advanced training courses in Tax Policy

Membership of professional associations

Member of the American Economics Association (2016 to date)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2002 to date)

Member of the European Consortium on Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on Organised Crime (2006 to date)

Personal website address

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8661-0672

Interests and expertise

I have an active interest in Finance and Investments, in both established and developing markets.  I have a background of research in corruption, with a particular interest in the financial sector in developing and transitional economies.  As a result of this I have developed a strong interest in behavioural models of ethical (and unethical) behaviour and the potential for predictive analytics.

Get in touch

0161 247 3990
4.26 Business School
Mondays 10-11; Fridays 10.30-12

Teaching

Final year and Postgraduate finance; Microeconomics.

Research outputs

My current research looks at factors influencing ‘ethical’ decision making, involving application to situations of abuse of trust, fraud and corruption. This uses World Values Survey data to examine the relative importance of situational factors and environmental factors that influence perceptions of ‘acceptability’ of different behaviours and so alter preferences.  The methods involve Bayesian statistical Multilevel models analysing an augmented version of the World Values Survey dataset.  This examines the nature of preference change and the role of situational influences alongside personal characteristics of individuals.

I also conduct an ongoing project examining the success of businesses in the North West of England, following top performers.  This dataset has been converted to a geographical format to enable enable of infrastructure and resource issues in the success or failure of businesses.

  • Chapters in books

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2014) 'Humanistic Management, Operational Risk and Employee Behaviour.' In Amann, W., Stachowicz-Stanusch, A. (ed.) Integrity in Organizations - Building the Foundations for Humanistic Management. Palgrave Macmillan,

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2012) 'Humanistic management, operational risk, and employee behavior.' Integrity in Organizations: Building the Foundations for Humanistic Management. Palgrave Macmillan,

    Fitzsimons, F.V. (2011) 'The impact of new technology on leisure networks.' Handbook on the Economics of Leisure. pp. 470-495.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2007) 'Economic Models of Corruption.' Corruption and development the anti-corruption campaigns. Palgrave MacMillan,

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2001) 'Expectations.' Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2001) 'New Classical Economics.' Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences. Routledge,

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2001) 'New Keynesian Economics.' Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences. Routledge,

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2001) 'Postcommunist Economies.' Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences. Routledge,

  • Reports

    Begum, S., Cox, E., Fitzsimons, V.G., Hiley, W., Khaliq, J., Pyke, C., Rooth, B., Rouse, L., Walsh, T. (2016) North West Top 200: The Biggest and Best Companies in the Region 2016.

    Fitzsimons, V.G., Hartig, M., Hiley, W., Jupp, A., Khaliq, J., Peris, M., Pyke, C., Shanks, P. (2015) North West Top 200: The Biggest and Best Companies in the Region 2015. Greater Manchester Business Week/Trinity Mirror.

  • Journal articles

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2011) '22 The Impact of New Technology on Leisure Networks.' SSRN Electronic Journal,

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2010) 'Economic gangsters: corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations.' Global Crime, 11(1) pp. 78-82.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2010) 'Review of Leslie Holmes, "Rotten States: Corruption, Post-Communism and Neoliberalism.' Global Crime, 8(4) pp. 399-409.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2010) 'Review of R. Fisman & E. Miguel, "Economic Gangsters: corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations.' Global Crime, 11(1) pp. 78-83.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2009) 'A troubled relationship: Corruption and reform of the public sector in development.' Journal of Management Development, 28(6) pp. 513-521.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2007) 'Book Reviews.' Global Crime, 8(4) pp. 399-409.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2006) 'Information Society: Networks, Collective Action and the Role of Institutions.' International Journal of Humanities, 3(6) pp. 19-32.

    Fitzsimons, V.G., Kana, R. (2004) 'Corruption and Competition in Transition.' Economicka Review, 11

  • Conference papers

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2011) 'Corruption, Workplace Motivation and the Problem of Prediction.' In John and Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies Conference 'Making the Millennium Development Goals Inclusive'. University of Bradford, 26/1/2011 - 28/1/2011.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2008) 'Creationism versus Evolutionism: Institutional Perspectives on the Development of Market Systems.' In European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) Symposium: Markets as Institutions. Economics University, Athens, Greece, 5/9/2008 - 6/9/2008.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2008) 'A Troubled Relationship: Corruption and Reform of the Public Sector in Development.' In Bradford Centre for International Development Conference: New Public Sector Reform and its Managerial Challenges. University of Bradford, 20/2/2008 - 20/2/2008.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2007) 'Institutions and Economic Power: The Institutional Determinants of Lock-In International Trade Relationships.' In Post Keynesian Study Group Meeting in Honour of Tony Thirlwall. School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom, 16/11/2007 - 16/11/2007.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2007) 'Knowledge, Information and the Economy, The Knowledge Economy.' In Stirling Centre for Economic Methodology (SCEME) and Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) 9th SCEME Seminar. University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom, 13/10/2007 - 13/10/2007.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2007) 'Dangerous Freedoms: Exposure to Markets and the Need for Protective Institutions in Development.' In Economic and Social Research Council Global Poverty Research Group and Brooks World Poverty Institute Conference 'Poverty and Capital'. University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2/7/2007 - 4/7/2007.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2006) 'Development, Transition, and the Institutional Structure of Corruption: New Organisational Forms and the Problem of Corruption.' In European Association for Comparative Economic Studies bi-ennial Conference (EACES): Development Strategies: A Comparative View. University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom, 7/9/2006 - 9/9/2006.

    Fitzsimons, V.G., Polyakov, E. (2006) 'Lessons From the Russian Case: Business Strategy in the 'New' Transition Countries.' In Global Conference on Business Economics. New Hall College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 6/7/2006 - 8/7/2006.

    Fitzsimons, V.G. (2005) 'The Institutional Structure of Corruption: Firm Competition and the Choice of Institutional Strategy.' In Economic and Social Research Council Global Poverty Research Group and Institute of Development Policy and Management (GPRG/IDPM) Conference: Redesigning the State? Political Corruption in Development Policy and Practice. University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 25/11/2005 - 25/11/2005.