Joseph Grimes
Ph.D. Candidate
College of Business, Florida Atlantic University
About Me
I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in finance at Florida Atlantic University, and I expect to complete my degree in May 2024. I am highly interested in researching and teaching courses in financial institutions and corporate finance.
My current research interests include a variety of topics regarding financial intermediaries such as reward crowdfunding, small business lending, and mortgage lending. I am also interested in exploring corporate finance and fintech topics. I would also like to be a frontrunner on research in the upcoming field of name, image, and likeness deals for college athletes.
My dissertation explores how local social capital, measured as the level of community involvement and social activity in a region, affects outcomes for entrepreneurs and their financial backers. In my first essay, I look at backer comments on successful reward crowdfunding campaigns following the fundraising period and determine whether their sentiment is influenced by the local social capital of the region where the campaign is hosted. In my second essay, I determine whether local social capital is incorporated in the small business loan decisions of relationship lenders.
During my time in the graduate program at FAU, I have taught courses in corporate finance and financial institutions. I have experience teaching courses primarily in-classroom, live with remote option, and fully online.
Education
Ph.D. , Finance, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, August 2019 - May 2024 (expected)
B.S., Computer Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, January 2000 - December 2003
Dissertation
“Regional Social Capital and Backer Sentiment for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns.” Committee: Anita Pennathur (Chair), Rebel Cole, David Jay. Proposed October 2023.
Working Papers
“Reward crowdfunding campaigns: Measuring backer sentiment following successful fundraising,” Job Market Paper, submitted to Florida Finance Conference 2023 Meeting.
“Income Overstatement of Mortgage Loan Applications, the Dodd-Frank Act, and the Ability-toRepay and Qualified Mortgage Rule,” submitted to Financial Management Association (FMA) 2023 Meeting and Southern Finance Association (SFA) 2023 Meeting.
Works in Progress
"Local social capital effects on small business lending."
"Can short sellers predict when firms stop paying dividends?"
Conferences
Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Discussant, October 2023.
Boca Corporate Finance and Governance Conference, Boca Raton, FL, Chair, Discussant, December 2022.
Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Discussant, October 2022.
FAU Business Ph.D. Alumni Conference, Boca Raton, FL, Discussant, March 2022.
Boca Corporate Finance and Governance Conference, Virtual Chair, November 2020.
Professional Experience
Front End Web Developer, Bankrate, North Palm Beach, FL , October 2014 - March 2015.
Regional Web Developer, Freedom Communications/Halifax Media Group, Panama City, FL, January 2005 - September 2014.