Neil D Pearson

Neil D Pearson is a Professor in the Department of Finance at the College of Business, University of Illinois, holding the Harry A. Brandt Distinguished Professorship. His research focuses on financial markets, asset pricing, and derivatives.

• Research Areas: Options trading, investor sentiment, stock price dynamics, asset pricing anomalies, market microstructure, retail investor behavior.
• Collaborations: Extensive international collaborations across 33 research outputs.

Key Publications analyze topics such as the impact of option trading on stock prices, risk premiums in stock lending markets, and sentiment measures from retail structured products. His work has been cited 22 times in Journal of Finance (2024) and widely disseminated via social media and news outlets.

Scientific Awards

• Recipient of the Harry A. Brandt Distinguished Professorship for outstanding contributions to finance research.

Advising: No formal advisees are listed in the available data.