Edgar L. Feige

Edgar L. Feige
Born (1937-09-19) 19 September 1937
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Columbia University
Doctoral advisorMilton Friedman
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Doctoral studentsKenneth 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.