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.
by R. Alessi, A. Brugiavini and G. Weber in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, 2004.
The Alessi, Brugiavini and Weber (ABW) paper provides an illuminating introduction to the consequences of income shares for savings decisions within composite households.
Read More(w/ B. Villalonga and M. Veblen) HBS Case 204-081.
Helps students understand the principles underlying competition and antitrust policy in the context of the proposed GE-Honeywell merger.
Read More(w/ J. R. Hines Jr.) Journal of International Economics 74:2 (March 2008), 459-474.
This paper analyzes the economic impact of export subsidies by investigating stock price reactions to a critical event in 1997.
Read More(w/ W. Gentry) in J. Poterba (ed.), Tax Policy and the Economy 18 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004), 1-36.
This paper analyzes how corporate capital gains taxes affect the capital gain realization decisions of firms.
Read More(w/ J. Stevens) HBS Case 204-019.
The Global Conservation Fund is an international nonprofit organization with a $100 million endowment and an exclusive focus on land preservation.
Read More(w/ P. Notarnicola and M. Veblen) HBS Case 204-033.
A team of private equity investors must value the leveraged buyout of a Yellow Pages business that operated in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
Read More(w/ M. Veblen) HBS Case 204-029.
The CFO of this infant nutritional products company must choose among competing financing offers.
Read More(w/ M. Veblen) HBS Cases 204-031 & 204-025.
The CFO of General Motors' joint venture in Shanghai, Shanghai General Motors (SGM), wants to refinance almost $900 million of project finance it raised to begin operations.
Read More(w/ J. R. Hines Jr.) National Tax Journal 56, no. 3 (September 2003), 487-502.
This paper introduces “capital ownership neutrality” (CON) and “national ownership neutrality” (NON) as benchmarks for evaluating the desirability of international tax reforms, and applies them to analyze recent U.S. tax reform proposals.
Read MoreThe Harvard Crimson
One of the oft-overlooked aspects of President George W. Bush’s plan to provide dividend tax relief is the selective awarding of those benefits to shareholders of corporations that pay federal taxes.
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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