Doron Levit
- Professor of Business Economics Marion B. Ingersoll Professor of Finance
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
- “The Voting Premium“Journal Article:Levit, D., Malenko, N., Maug, E., (forthcoming). Journal of Finance,
- “ESG: A Panacea for Market Power?“Journal Article:Levit, D., Bond, P., (forthcoming). Journal of Financial Economics,
- “Trading and Shareholder Democracy“Journal Article:Levit, D., Malenko, D., Maug, E., (2024). Journal of Finance,
- “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.
- “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.
- “Words Speak Louder Without Actions“Journal Article:Levit, D, (2020). Journal of Finance, Vol. 75(1), pp. 91-131.
- “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.
- “Corporate Control Activism“Journal Article:Levit, D., & Corum, A., (2019). Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 133(1), pp. 1-17.
- “Soft Shareholder Activism“Journal Article:Levit, D., (2019). The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 32(7), pp. 2775-2808.
- “Governance Under Common Ownership“Journal Article:Levit, D., Edmans, A., & Reilly, D., (2019). The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 32(7), pp. 2673-2719.