Dong Lou

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Dong Lou is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dong Lou has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Finance, 22 papers in Accounting and 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Dong Lou's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (30 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (18 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (11 papers). Dong Lou is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (30 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (18 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (11 papers). Dong Lou collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Dong Lou's co-authors include Lauren Cohen, Christopher Polk, Spyros Skouras, Hongjun Yan, Jinfan Zhang, Garry R. Russ, Christopher J. Malloy, Huaizhi Chen, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira and Paul C. Southgate and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science and Review of Financial Studies.

In The Last Decade

Dong Lou

49 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dong Lou United Kingdom 21 1.2k 804 640 251 215 51 1.8k
Frank B. Cross United States 19 512 0.4× 169 0.2× 1.1k 1.7× 41 0.2× 79 0.4× 114 1.9k
Matthew Elliott United Kingdom 9 567 0.5× 119 0.1× 607 0.9× 123 0.5× 137 0.6× 17 1.1k
Daniel Hardy United States 16 583 0.5× 333 0.4× 407 0.6× 40 0.2× 109 0.5× 55 1.0k
Andrés Velasco United States 26 2.2k 1.9× 343 0.4× 1.6k 2.5× 87 0.3× 28 0.1× 96 3.3k
Gordon J. Alexander United States 22 1.8k 1.5× 1.5k 1.9× 712 1.1× 60 0.2× 184 0.9× 59 2.9k
Paul Barnes United Kingdom 19 417 0.4× 758 0.9× 316 0.5× 21 0.1× 161 0.7× 59 1.2k
Thomas F. Cosimano United States 22 1.0k 0.9× 292 0.4× 1.1k 1.8× 41 0.2× 150 0.7× 77 1.8k
Anja Shortland United Kingdom 18 224 0.2× 215 0.3× 283 0.4× 97 0.4× 14 0.1× 42 983
Maria João Guedes Portugal 17 38 0.0× 238 0.3× 177 0.3× 17 0.1× 22 0.1× 52 980

Countries citing papers authored by Dong Lou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dong Lou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dong Lou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dong Lou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dong Lou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dong Lou. Dong Lou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lou, Dong, et al.. (2025). Yield drifts when issuance comes before macro news. Journal of Financial Economics. 165. 103993–103993.
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Choi, Darwin, Dong Lou, & Abhiroop Mukherjee. (2025). Superstar Firms and College Major Choice. London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 0–0.
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Huang, Shiyang, Xin Liu, Dong Lou, & Christopher Polk. (2023). The Booms and Busts of Beta Arbitrage. Management Science. 70(8). 5367–5385. 3 indexed citations
4.
An, Li, Dong Lou, & Donghui Shi. (2022). Wealth redistribution in bubbles and crashes. Journal of Monetary Economics. 126. 134–153. 32 indexed citations
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An, Li, et al.. (2021). Why Don’t Most Mutual Funds Short Sell?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Gu, Ming, Wenjin Kang, Dong Lou, & Ke Tang. (2019). Commodity Convexity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Lou, Dong, Christopher Polk, & Spyros Skouras. (2019). A tug of war: Overnight versus intraday expected returns. Journal of Financial Economics. 134(1). 192–213. 167 indexed citations
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Choi, Darwin, Dong Lou, & Abhiroop Mukherjee. (2017). Superstar Firms and College Major Choice. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Lou, Dong, Hongjun Yan, & Jinfan Zhang. (2013). Anticipated and Repeated Shocks in Liquid Markets. Review of Financial Studies. 26(8). 1891–1912. 104 indexed citations
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Lou, Dong & Christopher Polk. (2012). Co-Momentum: Inferring Arbitrage Capital from Return Correlations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 32 indexed citations
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Gao, Pengjie & Dong Lou. (2011). Cross-market timing in security issuance. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations
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Lou, Dong, Hongjun Yan, & Jinfan Zhang. (2011). Anticipated and Repeated Shocks in Liquid Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Gao, Pengjie & Dong Lou. (2011). Cross-Market Timing in Security Issuance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations
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Hwang, Byoung‐Hyoun & Dong Lou. (2010). "Self-Fulfilling " Stock Recommendations. 3 indexed citations
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Choi, Darwin & Dong Lou. (2010). A Test of the Self-Serving Attribution Bias: Evidence from Mutual Funds. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Hwang, Byoung‐Hyoun & Dong Lou. (2010). 'Self-Fulfilling' Stock Recommendations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Shane P., Gary C. Fry, F.J. Manson, & Dong Lou. (2009). Age and growth of longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol) in tropical and temperate waters of the central Indo-Pacific. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 67(1). 125–134. 51 indexed citations
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Lou, Dong, et al.. (2006). Using otolith weight–age relationships to predict age based metrics of coral reef fish populations across different temporal scales. Fisheries Research. 83(2-3). 216–227. 15 indexed citations
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Southgate, Paul C. & Dong Lou. (1995). Improving the n − 3 HUFA composition of Artemia using microcapsules containing marine oils. Aquaculture. 134(1-2). 91–99. 42 indexed citations

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