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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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- 26.09.2026
Exklusive Auswertungen zur Krankenkassen-Prämienlast von Prof. Stefan Felder, Dr. Stefan Meyer und Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny berichtet in der NZZ. → more - 14.09.2026
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny an Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema «Open Access» → more - 25.08.2026
Düzgün Dilsiz presents "Turbulence in Taxation: A Study on Tax Avoidance with Private Jets" at the International Institute of Public Finance 2026 Annual Conference (Lisbon) → more - 07.07.2026
Düzgün Dilsiz presents "Turbulence in Taxation: A Study on Tax Avoidance with Private Jets" at the Royal Economic Society 2026 Annual Conference (Newcastle) → more - 23.06.2026
Studie zu Einkommen und Gesundheitskosten von Prof. Stefan Felder, Dr. Stefan Meyer und Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny berichtet in der NZZ und im Tages-Anzeiger → more - 04.06.2026
Düzgün Dilsiz presents "Turbulence in Taxation: A Study on Tax Avoidance with Private Jets" at the World Inequality Conference (Paris) → more - 19.05.2026
Düzgün Dilsiz presents "Turbulence in Taxation: A Study on Tax Avoidance with Private Jets" at the European Association of Young Economists Annual Meeting (Bilbao) → more
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