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/ J. R. Hines Jr.) Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Conference on Taxation (Washington D.C.: National Tax Association, 2001), 275-285.
This paper examines the impact of tax-based export promotion on exchange rates and patterns of trade.
Read More(w/ J. R. Hines Jr.) in James Poterba (ed.), Tax Policy and the Economy 15 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001), 41-94.
This paper investigates the economic impact of tax incentives for American exports.
Read More(w/ P. Tufano) HBS Case 201-004.
CSFB equity research analyst Laura Martin publishes a report on valuing Cox Communications that introduces an innovative approach to valuation.
Read MoreHBS Cases 200-042 & 200-053.
Read More(w/ J. R. Hines Jr.) Journal of Public Economics 71, no. 3 (March 1999), 379-402.
This paper examines the impact of the U.S. Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA) on international joint ventures by American firms.
Read More(w/ J.R. Hines Jr.) The Costs and Benefits of Price Stability, in M.S. Feldstein (ed.), University of Chicago Press: Chicago (1999), 235-268.
This paper estimates the efficiency consequence of interactions between nominal tax systems and inflation in open economies.
Read More(w/ C. F. Foley and J. R. Hines Jr.) Proceedings of the 91st Annual Conference on Taxation (Washington D.C.: National Tax Association, 1999), 176-187.
This paper examines the pervasive claim that mobile corporations increasingly bear no burden of taxation in globalized capital markets shifting the burden to immobile factors.
Read More(w/ K. Palepu and V. Rangan) HBS Case 596-099.
A large, lucrative power plant is negotiated for construction/operation by an American power company in India's evolving privatized power sector.
Read MorePublished in The New York Times
The End it's everywhere, and we can't get enough of it. By ''the end,'' I do not mean ''They lived happily ever after.'' I mean, ''That's it; it's over.'' The shelves of bookstores are lined with books declaring that the end of everything has come.
(w/ S. Mason) HBS Case 295-007.
Underscores the arbitrage implicit in the pricing of a complex unit of debt and warrants issued by the Coca-Cola Co.
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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