Background
Schmidt, Christoph Matthias was born on August 25, 1962 in Canberra, Australia.
economist university professor
Schmidt, Christoph Matthias was born on August 25, 1962 in Canberra, Australia.
Doctor rer. policy habilitatus, University Munich, 1995. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1991.
He is the president of the Rheinisch-Westfaelisches Institut Essen and since 2009 chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts. Schmidt received his Diplom in economics at the University of Mannheim in 1987, and his Master of Arts in economics from Princeton University in 1989. Schmidt received his Habilitation in 1995 from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Since 2002 he became president of the Rheinisch-Westfaelisches Institut Essen and in 2009 he replaced Bert Rürup on the German Council of Economic Experts.
German Council of Economic Experts.