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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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- 23.06.2026
Studie zu Armut und Gesundheit von Prof. Stefan Felder, Dr. Stefan Meyer und Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny zitiert im Tagesanzeiger → more - 23.06.2026
Studie zu Armut und Gesundheit von Prof. Stefan Felder, Dr. Stefan Meyer und Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny zitiert in der NZZ → 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 - 07.05.2026
Düzgün Dilsiz präsentiert am diss:kurs 2026 → more - 22.04.2026
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny zur Bedeutung von Umzugsketten und dessen Auswirkung auf die Verdrängung im städtischen Wohnraum im Online-Magazin Bajour → more - 11.12.2025
Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny at panel discussion on "Taxation and Innovation: What Can We Learn from Research?" → more
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