(w/ D. Dharmapala) Journal of Public Economics, 93:5-6 (June 2009), 703-714.
Investors can access foreign diversification opportunities through either foreign portfolio investment (FPI) or foreign direct investment (FDI).
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/(w/ C. F. Foley and J. R. Hines Jr.) Journal of Public Economics 88, no. 12 (December 2004), 2727-2744.
While governments have multiple tax instruments available to them, studies of the effect of tax policy on the locational decisions of multinationals typically focus exclusively on host country corporate income tax rates and their interaction with home country tax rules.
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/(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.
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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.