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I am Professor of Economics and Applied Econometrics at the University of Basel in Switzerland. I am also a Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London) and at CESifo (Munich), a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Urban Economics and the Journal of Economic Geography. I currently serve as president of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics.
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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- 06.11.2023
"Competition, Harmonization and Redistribution: Corporate Taxes in Switzerland" by Marius Brülhart, Marko Koethenbuerger, Matthias Krapf, Raphael Parchet, Kurt Schmidheiny and David Staubli available as NBER Working Paper → more - 11.06.2023
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny zu den kantonalen Unterschiede der steuerlichen Einschätzung der Liegenschaften in der NZZ am Sonntag → more - 19.05.2023
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny zu den Auswirkungen der OECD-Mindeststeuer auf watson.ch → more - 29.03.2023
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny am Podium der Swiss Data Alliance zur Zukunft des Forschungsstandorts Schweiz → more - 17.03.2023
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny and Research Fellow Dr. Matthias Krapf present on Corporate Taxation in Switzerland at NBER Meeting on Policy Responses to Tax Competition → more - 17.03.2023
Andrea Ghisletta presents "Self-Interest, Voter Behavior and Political Attitudes: Evidence from a Swiss Pension Reform" at the 4th Workshop of the Swiss Network on Public Economics → more - 08.03.2023
Inputreferat von Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny am Open Hearing über das Rahmengesetz zur Sekundärnutzung von Daten der Parlamentarische Gruppe Digitale Nachhaltigkeit (Parldigi) → more
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