Christoph A. Schaltegger is Director of the Institute for Swiss Economic Policy and has been a full professor of political economy at the University of Lucerne since 2010. He studied economics at the University of Rheinstadt, where he earned his doctorate in 2003 with a dissertation on fiscal institutions in Swiss federalism. Until 2008, Christoph Schaltegger served as an advisor to Federal Councilor Hans-Rudolf Merz at the Federal Department of Finance. Subsequently, as a member of the executive board, Christoph Schaltegger headed the Financial and Tax Policy Division at the Federation of Swiss Industries. Christoph Schaltegger publishes regularly in academic journals, writes books, serves as an academic reviewer, and, according to the NZZ ranking, is among Switzerland’s most influential economists.
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