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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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• 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
• 29.05.2025
  Andrea Ghisletta presents "Prison Break: The Causal Impact of Replacing Short Incarceration with Fines" at the Swiss Network of Public Economics (Zürich) and the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Crime (Philadelphia) → more
• 02.05.2025
  Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny zur Bedeutung von kantonalen Steuerdaten für die evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik im Blick → more
• 24.04.2025
  Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny zur Bedeutung von kantonalen Steuerdaten für die evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik in der WOZ → more
• 08.04.2025
  Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny erläutert die Bedeutung von kantonalen Steuerdaten für die evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik in der Ständeratskommission für Wissenschaft, Bildung und Kultur (WBK-S) → more
• 31.08.2024
  Andrea Ghisletta presents "Raising the Statutory Retirement Age: Self-Interest, Voter Behavior and Political Attitudes" at the Congress of the European Economic Association in Rotterdam and at the Irish Public Economics Workshop in Dublin → more

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