Robert Murray Haig (1887 – 1953) was an American economist regarded as an expert in

public finance Public finance refers to the monetary resources available to governments and also to the study of finance within government and role of the government in the economy. Within academic settings, public finance is a widely studied subject in man ...

and

taxation A tax is a mandatory financial charge or levy imposed on an individual or legal person, legal entity by a governmental organization to support government spending and public expenditures collectively or to Pigouvian tax, regulate and reduce nega ...

. The concept of

Haig–Simons income Haig–Simons income or Schanz–Haig–Simons income is an income measure used by public finance economists to analyze economic well-being which defines income as consumption plus change in net worth. It is represented by the mathematical formu ...

bears his name. Haig graduated with a PhD in economics from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

in 1914, with a thesis written under supervision of

Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman (1861–1939) was an American economist who spent his entire academic career at Columbia University in New York City. Seligman is best remembered for his pioneering work involving taxation and public finance. His pr ...

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1887 births 1953 deaths 20th-century American economists Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Columbia University faculty Georgist economists {{US-economist-stub