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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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- 14.03.2024
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny an Podiumsdiskussion zu «Förderalismus und Demokratie – ist Steuerwettbewerb gerecht?» an den 16. Aarauer Demokratietagen → more - 12.02.2024
Andrea Ghisletta presents "Self-Interest, Voter Behavior and Political Attitudes: Evidence from a Swiss Pension Reform" at the Political Economy Research Workshop at the Harvard University → more - 19.01.2024
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny an Podiumsdiskussion des Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung zum Wohnungsangebot an der Swissbau 2024 → more - 01.01.2024
Andrea Ghisletta is visiting Harvard Business School from Jan 2024 to June 2024 with a Doc.Mobility@unibas grant → more - 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
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