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]
Robert M. Haig | |
|---|---|
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Columbia University |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman |
| Doctoral students | William Vickrey |
Haig graduated with a PhD in economics from Columbia University in 1914, with a thesis written under supervision of Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman.[2]