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Dong Lou is a Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he holds a position in the Department of Finance. He is currently on leave and serves as a CEPR Research Fellow. His office is located at MAR 8.09 on the LSE campus in London, UK.
Professor Lou's research focuses on several interconnected areas of finance:
- Asset Pricing: Investigating market anomalies, return predictability, and factor-based investing strategies
- Investment Management: Analyzing portfolio optimization, institutional behavior, and quantitative strategies
- Behavioral Finance: Examining how psychological factors and investor attention impact market dynamics
- Market Microstructure: Studying trading patterns, information diffusion, and liquidity effects
- Corporate Finance: Exploring communication strategies and their market impacts
Professor Lou's publications demonstrate a strong focus on market efficiency anomalies, investor behavior quantification, and institutional trading patterns. His recent work (2020-2025) increasingly examines network effects in financial markets, retail trading impacts, and advisor-client dynamics, utilizing innovative empirical approaches to analyze large-scale datasets across global markets.
Professor Lou has received numerous prestigious awards recognizing his research contributions:
- Three-time winner of the Crowell Memorial Award (2011, 2014, 2018)
- NASDAQ OMX Award for Best Paper on Asset Pricing (2011)
- Best Paper Awards at China International Conference in Finance (2019) and China Financial Research Conference (2016, 2019)
- INQUIRE Europe and Q Group research grants (2010-2013)
- Paul Woolley Center Academic Grant (2010)
- Multiple best paper prizes from CRSP Forum and Istanbul Stock Exchange
He has secured several competitive research grants from institutions including INQUIRE UK, Europlace Institute of Finance, and the Quantitative Management Initiative. His research collaborations extend across global financial academia, with frequent co-authorships spanning multiple continents.
