NBER profile: Mihir D. Desai.

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Mihir A. Desai is a Research Associate in the NBER's Public Economics and Corporate Finance Programs, the co-director of the NBER's India Program, and a Professor and Chair of the Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on international corporate and public finance.

Desai received a B.A. in history and economics from Brown University in 1989, an M.B.A. as a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School in 1993, and a Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard University in 1998. In 1994, he was a Fulbright Scholar to India. Desai has taught at Harvard Business School since 1998.

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