Mihir Desai

Nomura Visiting Professor of International Financial Systems

Research Interests

• Public Economics
• Corporate finance
• International Finance

Appointments

• Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School

Additional Information

Visiting Professor Desai will teach the reading group America's Fiscal Future and the course International Finance: Markets and Firms in the Fall Term 2009.

Representative Publications

• "Domestic Effects of the Foreign Activities of U.S. Multinationals," with C.F. Foley and J.R. Hines, Jr. 1 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 181 (February 2009)
• "Theft and Taxes," with A. Dyck and L. Zingales 84 J. Fin. Econ. 591 (June 2007)
• "The Degradation of Reported Corporate Profits," 19 J. Econ. Perspectives 171 (2005)
• "Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets," with P. Antras and C.F. Foley Quarterly J. Econ. ( (forthcoming))
• "Corporate Tax Avoidance and Firm Value," with D. Dharmapala Rev. Econ. & Stat. ( (forthcoming))