Robert M. Haig

Robert M. Haig
Academic background
Alma materColumbia University
Doctoral advisorEdwin Robert Anderson Seligman
Academic work
InstitutionsColumbia University
Doctoral studentsWilliam 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.

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

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