Marie-Luise Schmitz, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae
A highly analytic, disciplined economist in the field of micro-econometrics and public finance with
working experience in relevant political institutions. My excellent methodological education
together with my versatile language skills allow me to conduct sound empirical research in a
broad variety of contexts. I have worked in an intercultural academic environment, am skilled
at conducting quantitative data analysis, managing information flow, and presenting research at
international conferences.
Academic Training
10/2010–12/2014 Ph.D., Graduate School in Public Economics (with full scholarship)
Catholic University Milan and University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Thesis: Essays in Applied Microeconometrics (excellent)
Supervisors: Prof. Massimo Bordignon and Prof. Gilberto Turati
10/2002–09/2010 M.Sc. in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirtin)
University of Cologne, Germany
Thesis: Detecting Soft Budget Constraints Empirically. The Case of Italy
(excellent)
Supervisor: Prof. André Kaiser
Working Experience
10/2012–12/2013 Teaching Assistant to the Institute of Economics and Finance
Catholic University of Milan
01/2007–02/2009 Student Assistant to the Chair of Comparative Politics
Prof. André Kaiser, University of Cologne
08/2007–09/2007 Internship at the European Parliament, Brussels
Office of Dr. Klaus Hänsch, MEP and Former President of the European
Parliament
02/2007–04/2007 Internship at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, North RhineWestphalia, Düsseldorf
Department of Regional Economic Policy, Industries, Services and Cluster
Policy
08/2005–09/2005 Internship at the Federal Statistical Office, Bonn
Department of Services, Agriculture and Environment
Conferences
09/2013
General Conference, European Consortium for Political Research, Bordeaux
Paper: Strategic and Attitudinal. Patterns of Judicial Assertiveness in Italy
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Marie-Luise Schmitz
Curriculum Vitae
06/2014
Defap/Laser Summer School in Applied Microeconometrics 2014, Milan
Paper: Does Fiscal Devaluation really work? Evidence from an Italian Experiment
Teaching Experience
Winter term
2013–2014
Exercises for the lectures Public Economics (BA), Prof. Paolo Balduzzi and
Public Finance (BA), Prof. Massimo Bordignon, Catholic University Milan
in Italian language
Summer term
2013
Exercise for the lecture Public Finance (MA), Prof. Paolo Balduzzi, Catholic
University Milan in Italian language
Winter term
2012–2013
Exercise for the lecture Public Finance (BA), Prof. Massimo Bordignon,
Catholic University Milan in Italian language
Winter term
2008–2009
Tutorial for the lecture Comparative Political Systems (BA), Prof. André
Kaiser, University of Cologne in German language
Language Skills
German
English
Italian
French
Spanish
native
fluent
fluent
advanced
advanced
Computer Skills
Stata (expert), E-Views (basic), SPSS (basic), MS Office (expert), Latex (advanced)
References
Prof. Massimo Bordignon
Department of Economics and Finance
Catholic University of Milan
Phone:
E-mail:
+39 02 7234 2976
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Prof. Gilberto Turati
Department of Economics and Statistics
University of Turin
Phone:
E-mail:
+39 011 670 6046
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Prof. André Kaiser
Cologne Center for Comparative Politics
University of Cologne
Phone:
E-mail:
+49 221 470 2852
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Dormagen, April 1, 2015
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Marie-Luise Schmitz
Curriculum Vitae
Job market paper
Does fiscal devaluation really work? Evidence from an Italian experiment
(with Massimo Bordignon and Gilberto Turati)
Abstract. The empirical assessment of the effectiveness of tax reforms along the lines of fiscal
devaluation is a highly relevant issue in crisis-ridden Europe. Fiscal devaluation is considered as
one of the few options left for Eurozone countries with severe fiscal and unemployment problems
to regain competitiveness and to accelerate the consolidation process. Though the theoretical case
for fiscal devaluation is strong, empirical evidence lags behind. To address the effects of tax shifts
on employment and growth, we exploit a regionally differentiated tax reform implemented in 2007
as quasi-experiment. Enhancing a geographic regression discontinuity design through matching,
we investigate the effects of a labour tax wedge reduction on employment, average plant size,
and net firm inflow. We find positive significant employment effects of both conditionally and
unconditionally granted deductions but no evidence of firms’ self-selection into high-deduction
areas.
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