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International Finance: Markets and Firms
Professor Mihir Desai (Harvard Business School)
3 classroom credits LAW-38905A Fall

This course provides an economic approach to international finance emphasizing the actions of market participants, particularly firms. It explores financial decision making by investors and firms in a global setting. Topics covered include the determinants of exchange rate movements, asset pricing in global capital markets, hedging decisions by firms, cross-border financing and valuation decisions, taxation in open economies, and the effects of varying legal regimes on financial practice. The materials are largely business school case studies but will be interspersed with lectures to introduce some of the more complex materials. Some familiarity with financial statements and the foundations of financial economics is required prior to enrolling in the course.

This class in not open to cross-registrants.

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