Brandon Cline

Brandon N. Cline, Ph.D., is the John “Nutie” and Edie Dowdle Professor of Finance. His research focuses on insider trading, executive compensation, equity offerings, and corporate governance. His work has been published in numerous finance journals, including Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, The Accounting Review, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, The Journal of Financial Research, and European Financial Management.

Dr. Cline has received invitations to present his work at prestigious conferences such as the American Finance Association. He has also received various research awards including the 2024 Southwestern Finance Association Best Paper Award, the 2014 Wharton School-WRDS Outstanding Paper in Empirical Research, the 2012 Journal of Financial Research Outstanding Article Award, the 2010 Eastern Finance Association Outstanding Paper Award, the 2009 Eastern Finance Association Outstanding Paper Award, the 2008 Southern Finance Association’s Outstanding Paper Award in Corporate Finance, and the 2017 Mississippi State College of Business Faculty Research Award.

His research has also been the subject of feature stories in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg Radio, NPR’s The Hidden Brain, FoxBusiness, CNNMoney, The Washington Post, CNBC.com, Reuters, RealClearMarkets, NPR’s All Things Considered, and the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.

Dr. Cline has served on the faculty of the Graduate School of Banking at LSU since 2016 and the Southeastern School of Banking since 2020. In addition to those external commitments, he has presided on the Mississippi State University Foundation Board of Directors since 2023. He is a Past-President of the Southern Finance Association and is the current Editor of the Journal of Financial Research.

Prior to joining Mississippi State, Dr. Cline taught at Clemson University, West Virginia University, and The University of Alabama.