Background
SCHMIDT, Kurt was born in 1924 in Sobernheim, Germany.
SCHMIDT, Kurt was born in 1924 in Sobernheim, Germany.
Diplom-Volkswirt, Doctor Rer. Policy, Habilitation (Privatdozent) University Bonn,1965, 1952, 1957.
Wissenschaftlicher Assistant, Privatdozent, University Bonn, 1951-1957, 1957-1963. Professor, Technische Hochschule Berlin, 1963-1968. Professor of Economics, University Mainz, since 1968.
Company-editor, Handwörterbuch der Wirtschaftswissenschaft (Mohr-Siebeck).
Rockefeller Fellow United States of America, 1960-1961. Visiting Professor, Research Association, Bologna, 1962-1963, University California Berkeley, 1966, University York, England, 1969. Member, Wissenschaftlicher Beirat, German Ministry of Finance. Member, Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung.
My Habilitationsschrift (Progressive Taxation,
was a critical review of the arguments in favour of progressive taxation. My articles on public expenditures (Nos. 2, 4 and 5 above) treat the problems in a political-sociological way.
The book on medium-term fiscal planning (1970) covers the experiences in Germany during the first three years of the Finanzplanung and discusses measures to improve lieutenant The article ‘Corruption’ (Number. 6) is an economic treatment of a problem seldom discussed in economic theory.
In Number. 8 a more growth-oriented fiscal policy is demanded, and an overview of possible measures is given. Number. 7 summarises the main problems connected with the allocation, stabilisation, distribution and growth-functions of taxation.
