Mihir A. Desai

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Corporate Tax Avoidance and Firm Value

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Corporate Tax Avoidance and Firm Value

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Mar 2005
Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Chicago Law School
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Taxes, tax avoidance, tax shelters,book-tax gaps, governance, firm value

Corporate Tax Avoidance and Firm Value

1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Dhammika Dharmapala and Mihir A. Desai
University of Chicago Law School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Taxes, tax avoidance, tax shelters, book-tax gaps, governance, firm value

Corporate Tax Avoidance and Firm Value

NBER Working Paper No. w11241
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 May 2005 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2010
Dhammika Dharmapala and Mihir A. Desai
University of Chicago Law School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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International Finance: A Course Overview

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 07 Apr 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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International Finance, Multinational Firms, Finance, Valuation, Hedging, Institutions

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Corporate Tax Avoidance and High Powered Incentives

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Corporate Tax Avoidance and High Powered Incentives

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Apr 2004
Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Chicago Law School
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Incentive Compensation, Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion, Diversion, Tax Shelters, Stock Options

Corporate Tax Avoidance and High Powered Incentives

NBER Working Paper No. w10471
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 May 2004 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2010
Dhammika Dharmapala and Mihir A. Desai
University of Chicago Law School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Earnings Management, Corporate Tax Shelters, and Book-Tax Alignment

HBS Finance Working Paper No. 884812
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2009
Dhammika Dharmapala and Mihir A. Desai
University of Chicago Law School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Earnings management, Tax avoidance, Tax shelters; Book-tax conformity

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Taxation and Corporate Governance: An Economic Approach

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 May 2007
Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Chicago Law School
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Taxes, tax avoidance, tax shelters, governance, firm value

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Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions and Managerial Investment Decisions

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Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions and Managerial Investment Decisions

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 May 2004
Daniel Bergstresser, Joshua D. Rauh and Mihir A. Desai
Brandeis International Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Earnings, Manipulation, Pensions, Defined Benefit Plans, Asset Allocation, Mergers

Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions and Managerial Investment Decisions

EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 4245
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Jun 2004
Daniel Bergstresser, Joshua D. Rauh and Mihir A. Desai
Brandeis International Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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earnings manipulation, pensions, asset allocation,

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The Demand for Tax Haven Operations

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Sep 2004
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Tax havens, tax competition, foreign direct investment, transfer pricing, investment, multinational firms

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Dividend Policy Inside the Multinational Firm

EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Presented Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Jun 2002
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Theft and Taxes

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Theft and Taxes

ECGI - Finance Research Paper No. 63/2005, EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings, Forthcoming, CRSP Working Paper No. 600
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Dec 2005
Mihir A. Desai, I. J. Alexander Dyck and Luigi Zingales
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Corporate finance, corporate governance, public finance, taxation, tax evasion, Russia

Theft and Taxes

NBER Working Paper No. w10978
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2010
Mihir A. Desai, I. J. Alexander Dyck and Luigi Zingales
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Theft and Taxes

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Apr 2005
Mihir A. Desai, I. J. Alexander Dyck and Luigi Zingales
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Corporate taxation, corporate governance

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A Multinational Perspective on Capital Structure Choice and Internal Capital Markets

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A Multinational Perspective on Capital Structure Choice and Internal Capital Markets

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 May 2003
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Multinational, Capital Structure, Internal Capital Markets, Legal Regime, Law and Finance, Corporate Tax

A Multinational Perspective on Capital Structure Choice and Internal Capital Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w9715
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 01 Jun 2003 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2010
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Czech Mate: Expropriation and Investor Protection in a Converging World

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Czech Mate: Expropriation and Investor Protection in a Converging World

ECGI - Working Paper No. 62/2004
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Sep 2004
Mihir A. Desai and Alberto Moel
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Monitor Corporate Finance, Monitor Group
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Investor protections, corporate governance, expropriation, multinational firms, FDI, foreign direct investment, media, bilateral investment

Czech Mate: Expropriation and Investor Protection in a Converging World

Review of Finance, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 221-251, 2008
Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Mihir A. Desai and Alberto Moel
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Monitor Corporate Finance, Monitor Group

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F21, F23, F36, F42, G15

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Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe

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Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Jan 2004
Mihir A. Desai, Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Entrepreneurship, Institutions, Capital Constraints, Firm Size Distributions, Entry, Exit, Legal Regimes

Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe

NBER Working Paper No. w10165
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2014
Mihir A. Desai, Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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The Costs of Shared Ownership: Evidence from International Joint Ventures

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Aug 2002
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Multinational Business, Joint Ventures, Alliances, Organizational Form, Intrafirm Trade

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Capital Controls, Liberalizations, and Foreign Direct Investment

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Citation 21

Capital Controls, Liberalizations, and Foreign Direct Investment

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 04-24
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Feb 2004
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Multinational firms, international finance, capital controls, liberalizations, FDI, repatriation, transfer pricing

Capital Controls, Liberalizations, and Foreign Direct Investement

NBER Working Paper No. w10337
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Mar 2004
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Capital Controls, Liberalizations, and Foreign Direct Investment

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 19, Issue 4, pp. 1433-1464, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan

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Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Depreciations

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Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Depreciations

EFA 2004 MAASTRICHT
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Jun 2004
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin J. Forbes
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Investment, leverage, foreign direct investment, currency crises, financial constraints, depreciations

Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Depreciations

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 21, Issue 6, pp. 2857-2888, 2008
Posted: 15 Dec 2008
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin J. Forbes
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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F23, F31, G15, G31, G32

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Domestic Effects of the Foreign Activities of U.S. Multinationals

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Domestic Effects of the Foreign Activities of U.S. Multinationals

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1020
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 27 May 2008
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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FDI, multinational firms, investment, outsourcing

Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Economic Activity

NBER Working Paper No. w11717
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2010
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Evaluating International Tax Reform

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Jul 2003
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan
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FDI, Multinational, International, Welfare

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Do Tax Havens Divert Economic Activity?

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1024
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Apr 2005
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Tax havens, tax competition, foreign direct investment, investment, multinational firms

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The Degradation of Reported Corporate Profits

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Jul 2005
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Accounting, Taxation, Corporate Governance

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Old Rules and New Realities: Corporate Tax Policy in a Global Setting

Ross School of Business Paper No. 920
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Oct 2004
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan
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Corporate taxation, international taxation, multinational corporations, foreign tax credit

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Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment

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Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 May 2006
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Capital Structure, Political Risk, Leverage, Expropriation

Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment

NBER Working Paper No. w12276
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2010
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Constraining Managers Without Owners: Governance of the Not-for-Profit Enterprise

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Constraining Managers Without Owners: Governance of the Not-for-Profit Enterprise

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Feb 2005
Mihir A. Desai and Robert J. Yetman
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management
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Not-for-Profits, corporate governance, social insurance

NBER Working Paper No. w11140
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2020
Mihir A. Desai and Robert J. Yetman
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management
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Dividend Taxes and International Portfolio Choice

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2009
Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Chicago Law School
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Dividends, Portfolio Choice, Taxes, Tax Treaties, Foreign Portfolio Investment

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Foreign Direct Investment and the Domestic Capital Stock

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Foreign Direct Investment and the Domestic Capital Stock

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1023
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 23 Mar 2006
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Multinational firms, investment, FDI, foreign direct investment

Foreign Direct Investment and the Domestic Capital Stock

NBER Working Paper No. w11075
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Feb 2005
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets

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Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Jan 2007
Pol Antras, Mihir A. Desai and C. Fritz Foley
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Multinational firms, financial frictions, investor protection, licensing, FDI flows

Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w12855
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2010
Pol Antras, Mihir A. Desai and C. Fritz Foley
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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The Decentering of the Global Firm

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The Decentering of the Global Firm

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Oct 2008
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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headquarters, FDI, location, foreign direct investment, multinational, listing, tax

The Decentering of the Global Firm

World Economy, Vol. 32, Issue 9, pp. 1271-1290, September 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Oct 2009
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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New Foundations for Taxing Multinational Corporations

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New Foundations for Taxing Multinational Corporations

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 05 Jan 2004
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Multinational, subpart F, deferral, evasion, avoidance, taxation, international

New Foundations for Taxing Multinational Corporations

Taxes - The Tax Magazine, Vol. 82, No. 3, March 2004
Posted: 23 Jun 2004
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Multinational, Subpart F, deferral, evasion, avoidance, taxation, international

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Securing Jobs or the New Protectionism? Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 09-107
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2009
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Tax Policy, Multinational Firms, Protectionism, Investment, Deferral, Corporations

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Taxation and the Evolution of Aggregate Corporate Ownership Concentration

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Taxation and the Evolution of Aggregate Corporate Ownership Concentration

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 Jun 2005
Dhammika Dharmapala, Mihir A. Desai and Winnie Fung
University of Chicago Law School, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Taxes, corporate governance, equity market participation

Taxation and the Evolution of Aggregate Corporate Ownership Concentration

NBER Working Paper No. W11469
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Aug 2005
Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala and Winnie Fung
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of Chicago Law School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Character and Determinants of Corporate Capital Gains

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The Character and Determinants of Corporate Capital Gains

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Dec 2003
Mihir A. Desai and William M. Gentry
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Corporate Taxation, Capital Gains, Corporate Finanace

The Character and Determinants of Corporate Capital Gains

NBER Working Paper No. w10153
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2009
Mihir A. Desai and William M. Gentry
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Market Reactions to Export Subsidies

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Market Reactions to Export Subsidies

Ross School of Business Paper No. 912
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Jan 2004
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan
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Multinationals, Trade, Exports, Subsidies, Tax Policies, Event Studies

Market Reactions to Export Subsidies

NBER Working Paper No. w10233
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 31 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2004
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan
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The Comovement of Returns and Investment within the Multinational Firm

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The Comovement of Returns and Investment within the Multinational Firm

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Sep 2004
Mihir A. Desai and C. Fritz Foley
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Foreign direct investment, multinational firms, comovement, business cycles

The Comovement of Returns and Investment within the Multinational Firm

NBER Working Paper No. w10785
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Jun 2012
Mihir A. Desai and C. Fritz Foley
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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A Forward-Solving Numerical Technique for Dynamic Consumption and Portfolio Allocation Problems

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Mar 2005
George Chacko, Maxim Golts, Mihir A. Desai and Vladimir Novakovsky
Santa Clara University - Finance Department, Acadian Asset Management, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard University
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Numerical, Consumption, Portfolio Choice, Asset Allocation

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Taxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities

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Taxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities

2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 May 2007 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2009
Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Chicago Law School
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Foreign Portfolio Investment, Foreign Direct Investment, Taxes, Investor Protections

Taxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities

NBER Working Paper No. w13132
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2007
Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Chicago Law School
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Investable Tax Credits: The Case of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-035
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Jun 2008
Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala and Monica Singhal
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of Chicago Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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housing subsify, tax credit, tax expenditure

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Do Strong Fences Make Strong Neighbors?

Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 10-22
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2011
Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Chicago Law School
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International Taxation, Initial Public Offerings, Mergers and Acquisitions, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Portfolio Investment

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Interest Deductions in a Multijurisdictional World

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Interest Deductions in a Multijurisdictional World

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 725
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 May 2015
Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Chicago Law School
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Interest Deductions in a Multijurisdictional World

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5350
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 May 2015
Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Chicago Law School
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interest deductions, international taxation, base erosion and profit shifting

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Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

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Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Jul 2011
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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International Taxation, Dynamic Efficiency, Deferral

Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

NBER Working Paper No. w17202
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Jul 2011
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Taxing the Bandit Kings

Yale Law Journal Pocket Part, Vol. 118, 2008
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 10 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2009
Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Chicago Law School
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sovereign wealth funds, sovereign immunity, taxes, foreign portfolio investment

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Trade Credit and Taxes

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Trade Credit and Taxes

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Jan 2012
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Trade credit, working capital, corporate taxation

Trade Credit and Taxes

NBER Working Paper No. w18107
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 May 2012
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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41.

Economic Effects of Regional Tax Havens

NBER Working Paper No. w10806
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2010
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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Expectations and Expatriations: Tracing the Causes and Consequences of Corporate Inversions

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Expectations and Expatriations: Tracing the Causes and Consequences of Corporate Inversions

NBER Working Paper No. w9057
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Jul 2002 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2002
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan
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Expectations and Expatriations: Tracing the Causes and Consequences of Corporate Inversions

Posted: 22 Jan 2003
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan

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43.

Earnings Manipulation and Managerial Investment Decisions: Evidence from Sponsored Pension Plans

NBER Working Paper No. w10543
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Jun 2004
Daniel Bergstresser, Joshua D. Rauh and Mihir A. Desai
Brandeis International Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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44.

Dividend Policy Inside the Firm

NBER Working Paper No. w8698
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 10 Jan 2002 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2009
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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45.

Foreign Direct Investment in a World of Multiple Taxes

NBER Working Paper No. w8440
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Aug 2001 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan
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46.

Institutional Tax Clienteles and Payout Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w13283
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2007
Mihir A. Desai and Li Jin
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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47.

The Corporate Profit Base, Tax Sheltering Activity, and the Changing Nature of Employee Compensation

NBER Working Paper No. w8866
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Mar 2002 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2002
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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48.

The Uneasy Marriage of Export Incentives and the Income Tax

NBER Working Paper No. w8009
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 18 Nov 2000 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2001
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan
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49.

Repatriation Taxes and Dividend Distortions

NBER Working Paper No. w8507
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2010
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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50.

Chains of Ownership, Regional Tax Competition, and Foreign Direct Investment

NBER Working Paper No. w9224
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Sep 2002 Last Revised: 15 May 2014
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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51.

"Basket" Cases: International Joint Ventures after the Tax Reform Act of 1986

NBER Working Paper No. w5755
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Nov 1996 Last Revised: 07 May 2000
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan
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52.

International Joint Ventures and the Boundaries of the Firm

NBER Working Paper No. w9115
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Aug 2002 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2002
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Michigan
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53.

Tax Incentives for Affordable Housing: The Low Income Housing Tax Credit

NBER Working Paper No. w14149
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2013
Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala and Monica Singhal
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of Chicago Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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54.

Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises

NBER Working Paper No. w10545
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2009
Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin J. Forbes
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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55.

Exchange Rates and Tax-Based Export Promotion

NBER Working Paper No. w8121
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Feb 2001 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2010
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan
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56.

Taxes and Portfolio Choice: Evidence from Jgtrra's Treatment of International Dividends

NBER Working Paper No. w13281
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2007
Dhammika Dharmapala and Mihir A. Desai
University of Chicago Law School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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57.

Excess Capital Flows and the Burden of Inflation in Open Economies

NBER Working Paper No. w6064
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2010
Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Michigan
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58.

Financing Decisions within the Firm

HBS Publishing Module Note No.: 5-206-124
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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59.

The Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (a) (B)

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-031 Teaching Note No.: 5-206-034
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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60.

The Continuing Transformation of Asahi Glass: Implementing Eva

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-205-030 Teaching Note No.: 5-206-094
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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61.

Valuing Cross-Border Investments

HBS Publishing Module Note No.: 5-206-125
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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62.

Valuing a Cross-Border Lbo: Bidding on the Yell Group

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-033 Teaching Note No.: 5-206-038
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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63.

Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at Aes

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-109; Teaching Note No.: 5-206-080
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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64.

Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of Pbb in Argentina

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-021; Teaching Note No.: 5-206-040
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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65.

Cross-Border Financial Opportunities

HBS Publishing Module Note No.: 5-206-126
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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66.

Nestlé and Alcon - the Value of a Listing

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-205-056 Teaching Note No.: 5-206-135
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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67.

Drilling South: Petrobras Evaluates Pecom

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-043; Teaching Note No.: 5-206-134
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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68.

Cross-Border Listings and Depositary Receipts

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-022
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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69.

Finance in Weak Institutional Environments

HBS Publishing Module Note No.: 5-206-127
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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70.

Growing Up in China: The Financing of Babycare Ltd.

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-029, Teaching Note No.: 5-206-083
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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71.

International Regulatory Regimes

HBS Publishing Module Note No.: 5-206-128
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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72.

Redesigning Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanisms

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-110 Teaching Note No.: 5-206-096
Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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73.

Exchange Rates and Firms

HBS Publishing Module Note No.: 5-206-123
Posted: 16 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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74.

Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures

HBS Publishing Case No. 9-205-095; Teaching Note No. 5-206-031
Posted: 16 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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75.

Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Competitive Exposures

HBS Publishing Case No. 9-205-096; Teaching Note No. 5-206-081
Posted: 16 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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76.

Foreign Exchange Markets and Transactions

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-205-016; Teaching Note No.: 5-206-032
Posted: 16 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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77.

Understanding Economic Value Added

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-206-016
Posted: 16 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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78.

Note on International Tax Regimes

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-206-014
Posted: 16 Aug 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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79.

Exchange Rate Policy at the Monetary Authority of Singapore

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-037; Teaching Note No.: 5-206-029
Posted: 26 Jul 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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80.

International Finance: A Course Overview Note

HBS Publishing Module Note No. 5-206-107
Posted: 06 Jul 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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81.

Exchange Rates and Global Markets

HBS Publishing Module Note No. 5-206-122
Posted: 06 Jul 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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82.

Taxing Corporate Capital Gains

Tax Notes, Vol. 110, No. 9, March 6, 2006
Posted: 02 Mar 2006
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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83.

Corporate Inversions: Stanley Works and the Lure of Tax Havens

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-203-008; Teaching Note No.: 5-206-013
Posted: 10 Nov 2005
Mihir A. Desai, Mark F. Veblen and Kathleen Lulchs
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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84.

Tax-Motivated Film Financing at Rexford Studios

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-203-005; Teaching Note No.: 5-206-011
Posted: 10 Nov 2005
Mihir A. Desai, Mark F. Veblen and Gabriel J. Loeb
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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85.

Czech Mate: Cme and Vladimir Zelezny (a - E)

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-118, 9-204-119, 9-204-120, 9-204-121, 9-204-122, 9-204-129, 9-205-069; Teaching Note No.: 5-205-026
Posted: 10 Nov 2005
Mihir A. Desai, Kathleen S. Luchs and Alberto Moel
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School and Monitor Corporate Finance, Monitor Group

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86.

Innocents Abroad: Currencies and International Stock Returns

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-141; Teaching Note No.: 5-206-012
Posted: 31 Oct 2005
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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87.

Hedging Currency Risks at Aifs

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-205-026; Teaching Note No.: 5-206-025
Posted: 30 Sep 2005
Mihir A. Desai, Anders Sjoman and Vincent Dessain
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit; European Research Center and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit; European Research Center

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88.

Antitrust Regulations in a Global Setting: The EU Investigation of the Ge/Honeywell Merger

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-204-081; Teaching Note No.: 5-205-094
Posted: 30 Sep 2005
Mihir A. Desai, Mark F. Veblen and Belen Villalonga
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, affiliation not provided to SSRN and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

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89.

Provident Life & Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere

Posted: 27 May 2002
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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90.

Laura Martin: Real Options and the Cable Industry

HBS Case No.: 201-004; Teaching Note: 202-060 9
Posted: 29 Jan 2002
Mihir A. Desai and Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Oxford - Said Business School

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91.

Valuing Project Achieve

HBS Case No.: 201-080; Teaching Note: 201-130
Posted: 29 Jan 2002
Mihir A. Desai
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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