Robert M. Haig Explained

Robert M. Haig
Institution:Columbia University
Alma Mater:Columbia University
Doctoral Advisor:Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman
Doctoral Students:William Vickrey

Robert Murray Haig (1887 – 1953) was an American economist regarded as an expert in public finance and taxation. The concept of Haig–Simons income bears his name.[1]

Haig graduated with a PhD in economics from Columbia University in 1914, with a thesis written under supervision of Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gruber, Jonathan . Jonathan Gruber (economist) . Public Finance and Public Policy . Macmillan . 2004 . 498–99 . 9780716786559 .
  2. Book: Mehrotra, Ajay K. . Making the Modern American Fiscal State: Law, Politics, and the Rise of Progressive Taxation, 1877–1929 . New York . Cambridge University Press . 2013 . 978-1-107-43600-8 . 389–396 .

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