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Doron Levit
Phone: 206-543-3021
Email: dlevit(at)uw.edu

Website

Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Box: 35XXXX
Seattle, WA 98195

Doron Levit

Professor of Business Economics
Marion B. Ingersoll Professor of Finance

PhD Stanford University (2011)

Academic Expertise

business valuation
corporate finance
corporate governance
dividend and payout policy / stock splits
financial economics
mergers and acquisitions
private equity

Positions Held

Assistant professor, Department of Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2020
Lecturer, Department of Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2011

Selected Publications

  1. “Trading and Shareholder Democracy“
    Journal Article:Levit, D., Malenko, D., Maug, E., (forthcoming). Journal of Finance,
  2. “A Theory of One-Size-Fits-All Recommendations“
    Journal Article:Levit, D., Tsoy, A., (2022). American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Vol. 14(4), pp. 318-347.
  3. “Agents of Inequality: Common Ownership and the Decline of the American Worker“
    Journal Article:Goshen, Z., Levit, D., (2022). Duke Law Journal, Vol. 72(1), pp. 1-69.
  4. “Words Speak Louder Without Actions“
    Journal Article:Levit, D, (2020). Journal of Finance, Vol. 75(1), pp. 91-131.
  5. “Who’s Paying Attention? Measuring Common Ownership and Its Impact on Managerial Incentives“
    Journal Article:Levit, D., Gilje, E., & Gormley, T., (2020). Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 137(1), pp. 152-178.
  6. “Corporate Control Activism“
    Journal Article:Levit, D., & Corum, A., (2019). Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 133(1), pp. 1-17.
  7. “Soft Shareholder Activism“
    Journal Article:Levit, D., (2019). The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 32(7), pp. 2775-2808.
  8. “Governance Under Common Ownership“
    Journal Article:Levit, D., Edmans, A., & Reilly, D., (2019). The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 32(7), pp. 2673-2719.
  9. “Freeze-out Mergers“
    Journal Article:Levit, D., Elif, D., & Dalkir, M., (2019). The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 32(8), pp. 3266-3297.
  10. “Advising Shareholders in Takeovers“
    Journal Article:Levit, D., (2017). Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 126(3), pp. 614-634.
  11. “The Labor Market for Directors and Externalities in Corporate Governance“
    Journal Article:Levit, D., & Malenko, N., (2016). Journal of Finance, Vol. 71(2), pp. 775-808.
  12. “Non-Binding Voting for Shareholder Proposals“
    Journal Article:Levit, D., & Malenko, N., (2011). Journal of Finance, Vol. 66(5), pp. 1579-1614.