Jim Brau

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Finance, Florida State University; MBA, University of Utah; B.S. in Economics, Brigham Young University.

Research Interests: Focuses on entrepreneurial finance, initial public offerings (IPOs), and housing market trends. His work includes empirical analyses of IPOs, seasoned equity offerings, and Utah County housing transactions.

Appointments: Joel C. Peterson Professor of Finance at Brigham Young University since 1999; Director of BYU's Silver Fund.

Publications:

• 'An Examination of Utah County Housing Trends Comparing Naive Index Methods to Hedonic Constant-Quality Index Methods' (ResearchGate).
• 'A Note on Internet Resources for the Entrepreneur: A Small Firm Finance Perspective' (ResearchGate).
• Updated annotated bibliography on microfinance institutions (2004–2017) with 797 peer-reviewed articles.

Additional Contributions: Published an article as a senior at West Point about the LDS branch there. Conducts research on agency costs and acquisition activity of newly public firms.