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I am Professor of Economics and Applied Econometrics at the University of Basel in Switzerland. I am also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London) and at CESifo (Munich), a member of the executive committee of the Urban Economics Association and the editorial boards of the Journal of Urban Economics and the Journal of Economic Geography.
My research focuses on tax competition, fiscal federalism and urban economics. My work is published in the Journal of Political Economy, PNAS, American Economic Journal, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, and Journal of Economic Geography.
My research group at the University of Basel: → english, → deutsch.
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- 27.05.2022
Studie zur Steuerprogression von Dr. Marcus Roller und Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny zitiert in der NZZ → more - 24.05.2022
Visualisierung in der NZZ mit Daten von Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny → more - 11.04.2022
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny zum Steuerwettbewerb im Kanton St. Gallen im Regionaljournal von Radio SRF → more - 11.03.2022
Bericht zur Überprüfung der ESTV-Schätzungen zur G20/OECD-Reform der Unternehmensbesteuerung von Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny → more - 15.02.2022
Düzgün Dilsiz is the new PhD student in the Applied Econometrics team → more - 04.02.2022
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny on the arrival of Bjørn Dæhlie in Switzerland in Dagbladet Børsen → more - 01.02.2022
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny zur Abschaffung der Stempelsteuer auf Eigenkapital in der Republik → more
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