Elroy Dimson

 is BGI Professor of Investment Management and a Faculty Governor of London Business School, where he has served as chair of the Finance and of the Accounting areas, and as Dean of the full-time and Executive MBA programmes. He directs the School’s Initiative on Foundation and Endowment Asset Management, and holds board and investment positions with the Norwegian Pension Fund, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, UnLtd, the University of London, and other organisations.

Research topics
Dimson's major research examines long run stock market performance, asset allocation and investment strategy. In Triumph of The Optimists and subsequent books, Elroy and his co-authors present evidence on the equity risk premium in 17 countries over the last 108 years. In Endowment Asset Management, Shanta Acharya and Dimson analyse the investment strategies of 61 Oxford and Cambridge endowments. Dimson was awarded the 2000 first prize in the Roger F. Murray Prize as co-author of Millennium Book: A Century of Investment Returns.

Papers
Dimson received the Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Outstanding Article Award for The Norway Model, 2013 and the Moskowitz Prize for best paper in 2012-13 for Active ownership. In 2012, Dimson received the James R. Vertin Award in recognition of his having produced a body of research notable for its relevance and enduring value to investment professionals.

Dimson is the author/co-author of the papers below, ranked from most to least cited.