Gerhard Friedrich Hermann Zeitel (born 1927 in

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, died 26 January 1991) was a German researcher,

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and former professor for

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and

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at the

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from 1972 to 1989. Moreover, he served as

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of the

between 1970 and 1973.

Education

Zeitel studied from 1948 to 1951

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and

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at the

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where he obtained his ''Diplom-Kaufmann'' (former German master's equivalent) in 1951. From 1952 onwards he worked as research assistant at the FU Berlin and completed his Ph.D. in business administration in 1955. Afterwards, he

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from 1955 to 1960 at the

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Academics

He worked from 1962 to 1972 as chaired professor for Statistics and Economics at the

. At the University of Mannheim his research focused primarily on financial, fiscal and economic policies as well as credit and capital politics. In 1970 Zeitel became president of the university and was succeeded by Eduard Gaugler in his role as rector of the university in 1973. From 1975 until 1982 Zeitel served as president of th
Bundesverbands Deutscher Volks- und Betriebswirte (bdvb)
(German Association of Economists).

Publications

* Zeitel, Gerhard. Die Steuerlastverteilung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Mohr, Tübingen 1960. * Zeitel, Gerhard. Gutachten über die Methodenwahl zur Durchführung eines Vergleichs der effektiven Steuerlast von Unternehmen in den Mitgliedstaaten der EWG (= Studien. Reihe Wettbewerb. Bd. 7, ZDB-ID 518230-x). Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften, Brüssel 1968.

Bibliography

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, Ludolf Herbst (ed.): Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002. Band 2: N–Z. Anhang. Saur, Munich 2002, , p. 984.

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