Neil D. Pearson

Neil D. Pearson is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specializing in derivatives markets, financial innovation, and market microstructure. His research examines option pricing, structured products, and the impact of trading mechanisms on market efficiency. Pearson has made significant contributions to understanding option market dynamics and financial innovation.

His research interests include derivatives pricing, market microstructure, financial innovation, trading costs, and the informational content of options markets. Pearson analyzes how financial innovations impact market functioning and price discovery.

Pearson's publications demonstrate consistent focus on option market dynamics, with recent work examining retail derivatives sentiment, stock lending markets, and anomaly trading costs. Earlier research established foundations in option expiration effects, structured product design, and financial innovation impacts.