Michela Verardo

Michela Verardo is Associate Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics. With a PhD from University of Rochester, her research examines institutional investor behavior and asset pricing anomalies.

Key research areas:

• Herding behavior in financial markets
• Information incorporation in asset prices
• Predictability of long-term returns

Verardo serves as Associate Editor for Review of Finance and Review of Financial Studies. She developed influential models analyzing how institutional trading patterns impact market efficiency.

Her courses include Portfolio Management and Financial Econometrics in the MSc Finance program. Verardo frequently chairs recruitment committees and directs summer programs at LSE.