Mihir A. Desai
Mihir A. Desai
Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance
Chair, Doctoral Programs
| Unit | Finance, Entrepreneurial Management |
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| Contact | (617) 495-6693 Send E-Mail |
| Interests | corporate finance, foreign direct investment, international business, international finance, taxation, more > |
| Overview | Biography | Publications & Course Materials | Current Research | Areas of Interest |
Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance and the Chair of Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School. He received his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard University; his MBA as a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School; and a bachelors degree in history and economics from Brown University. In 1994, he was a Fulbright Scholar to India.
Featured Work
Capital Flows, Taxation, and Institutional Variation
by Mihir Desai, NBER Reporter: Research Summary 2008 Number 3
Recent research has advanced our understanding of the role of taxation and investor protections on capital flows and patterns of FPI. We also have considered the causes and consequences of tax avoidance activity; we have established how foreign and domestic activity interact in order to inform new welfare measures; and we have elaborated on how investment and financing decisions by multinational firms reflect the effects of taxes and varying institutional regimes.
International Finance: A Casebook
by Mihir A. Desai, 2007
These case studies offer a unique perspective on making financial decisions in a globalizing world. The cases build the basics of understanding international financial markets — including the economics of exchange rates and international asset allocation — and then consider how firm financing and investment decisions must adapt to international circumstances. The cases provide the opportunity to consider the most critical firm financial decisions — from foreign exchange hedging strategies, the financing of multinational firm subsidiaries, cross-border valuation, to how to measure and manage the risks of operating in emerging markets.