Edgar L. Feige
Edgar L. Feige | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 September 1937 |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Milton Friedman |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Doctoral students | Kenneth Singleton |
Edgar L. Feige (born 19 September 1937) is an emeritus professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A graduate of Columbia University (BA. 1958) and the University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1963), he has taught at Yale University; the University of Essex; Erasmus University and held the Cleveringa Chair, at the University of Leiden in 1981–82. He has published widely on such topics as underground and shadow economies; tax evasion; transition economics; financial transaction taxes the Automated Payment Transaction tax (APT tax); and monetary theory and policy. He has consulted with various US and international government agencies.