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Doron Levit

Doron Levit is Marion B. Ingersoll Endowed Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the Foster School of Business - University of Washington. His research interests are in Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Finance. He holds a PhD in Finance from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and he taught for 10 years at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Can Shareholder Democracy Fill the Void of a Dysfunctional Regulatory System?

Robin Döttling
As financial markets take on societal challenges like climate change, new research from Robin Döttling, Doron Levit, Nadya Malenko and Magdalena Rola-Janicka explores how shareholder democracy interacts with the political process to impact public goods provisions. The authors investigate the potential of investor-driven governance to supplement the shortfalls of the regulatory system, highlighting both benefits and risks posed by wealth inequality and ESG backlash.

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