Huw David Dixon (/hju: devəd dɪksən/;[4] born 1958) is a British economist.

Dixon graduated from his first degree in Philosophy and Economics from Balliol College, University of Oxford in 1980, and he went on to do his PhD at Nuffield College, University of Oxford under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Sir James Mirrlees[8] graduating in 1984.

Dixon was a fellow of the CEPR from 1991 to 2001,[9] a member of the Royal Economic Society council (1996–2001), and a fellow of the Ces-ifo institute since 2000.

[12] Dixon has a wide scope in terms of the areas of economics he has researched and published in and he has been described as one of Europe's leading economists.

Dixon supports the High Speed 2 development for the United Kingdom, and expressed his support in a Financial Times article on 6 January 2012, along with other leading economists.