(w/ F. Williamson and M. Veblen) HBS Case 202-044.
Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. has made an initial bid to acquire a primary competitor, Paul Revere, from conglomerate, Textron.
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/(w/ K. Luchs) HBS Case 201-080.
Project Achieve is a start-up providing information management solutions for schools. Its founders see a need for software both to manage the volumes of information necessary to administer a school and to connect parents, teachers, and students in a more effective way.
Read MoreExchange Rates and Tax-Based Export Promotion
/(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 MoreThe Uneasy Marriage of Export Subsidies and the Income Tax
/(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 MoreLaura Martin: Real Options and the Cable Industry→
/(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 MoreThe Financing of Project Achieve (A&B)
/HBS Cases 200-042 & 200-053.
Read MoreBasket Cases: Tax Incentives and International Joint Venture Participation by American Multinational Firms
/(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 MoreExcess Capital Flows and the Burden of Inflation in Open Economics
/(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 MoreAre We Racing to the Bottom? Evidence on the Dynamics of International Tax Competition
/(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 MoreEnron Development Corp.: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India→
/(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.
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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.