Professor of Finance and Law
Mihir Desai's academic publications have appeared in leading economics, finance, and law journals. His work has emphasized the appropriate design of tax policy in a globalized setting, the links between corporate governance and taxation, and the internal capital markets of multinational firms. His research has been cited in The Economist, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and several other publications.
(w/ P. Antràs and C. F. Foley) Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124:3 (August 2009), 1171-1219.
This paper examines how costly financial contracting and weak investor protection influence the cross-border operational, financing and investment decisions of firms.
Read More(w/ D. Bergstresser and J. Rauh) Quarterly Journal of Economics 121, no. 1 (February 2006), 157-195.
Managers appear to manipulate firm earnings through their characterizations of pension assets to capital markets and alter investment decisions to justify, and capitalize on, these manipulations.
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Mihir Desai's academic publications have appeared in leading economics, finance, and law journals. His work has emphasized the appropriate design of tax policy in a globalized setting, the links between corporate governance and taxation, and the internal capital markets of multinational firms. His research has been cited in The Economist, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and several other publications.
Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School