Prof. Dong Lou

PhD, Yale University

Areas of Expertise：

Finance

Details：

Chair Professor of Finance, Citi Professor of Business

Director

HKUST Institute for Financial Research

HKUST

Associate Dean (Strategic Planning & Research)

Director of the HKUST Bilingual DBA program

HKUST Business School

Ph.D. in Finance Yale University

 

Teaching Experience:

Dong Lou is a Head and Chair Professor of Finance and Citi Professor of Business at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is also the Director of the HKUST Institute for Financial Research, an Associate Dean of the HKUST Business School, and the Director of the HKUST Bilingual DBA program.

Professor Lou received a PhD in Finance from Yale University and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.

Prior to joining HKUST, he was a Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics.

 

Research Interests and Key Achievements:

Professor Lou is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, a Senior Fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research, and an Academic Consultant and Visitor to the Bank of England. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Young Scholars (DYS) Scheme of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Management Science.

Professor Lou frequently advises government organizations and regularly consults for investment management companies. His research has been published in top academic journals, has won many awards, and is frequently profiled in financial media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Bloomberg. His main research areas include asset pricing, investment management, behavioral finance, and the Chinese financial markets.