Vera Constance Lutz, (née Smith, 1912–1976), was a British economist.
Smith was born in Kent, England, and studied at the London School of Economics between 1930 and 1935 for a PhD.
In 1937, she married German economist Friedrich Lutz, and the couple moved to Princeton University prior to the start of the Second World War, and moved to Zurich in 1951.
[3] Vera and Friedrich's 1951 work Theory of Investment of the Firm was said to have "greatly influenced modern capital theory, and would remain a major source of reference for the next decade".
[4] Lutz's work Italy, a Study in Economic Development used neoclassical economics, and focused on the differences between Northern and Southern Italy, and the monopolistic behaviour of Italian industry.