Iowa State University Iowa State University College of Business

James R. Brown

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James R. Brown   Assistant Professor of Finance

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   jrbrown@iastate.edu
   (515) 294-4668

   3331 Gerdin Business Building
   Ames, IA 50011-1350

Academic History

PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
MA, Washington University in St. Louis
MS, University of Kentucky
BA, Transylvania University

Expertise

Financing R&D; Stock Markets and High-Tech Investment; Financial Market Development and Economic Growth; Corporate Liquidity Management and Investment Volatility; Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance

Selected Publications

"Cash Holdings and R&D Smoothing" (with B. Petersen). 2010. Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.

"Financial Market Crises and Natural Resource Production" (with L. Lax and B. Petersen). 2010. International Review of Finance, forthcoming.

"Public Entrants, Public Equity Finance and Creative Destruction" (with B. Petersen). 2010. Journal of Banking and Finance, forthcoming.

"Auditor Independence and the Quality of Information in Financial Disclosures: Evidence for Market Discipline vs. Sarbanes-Oxley Proscriptions" (with D. Falaschetti and M. Orlando). 2009. American Law and Economics Review, forthcoming.

"Why Has the Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity Declined so Sharply? Rising R&D and Equity Market Developments" (with B. Petersen). 2009. Journal of Banking and Finance, 33, 971-984.

"Financing Innovation and Growth: Cash Flow, External Equity and the 1990s R&D Boom" (with S. Fazzari and B. Petersen). 2009. Journal of Finance, 64 (1), 151-185.

"Venture Capital and Firm Performance over the Long-Run: Evidence from High-Tech IPOs in the United States." 2005. Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures, 10 (3), pp. 1-33.