Edgar L. Feige | |
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Born |
Berlin, Germany |
19 September 1937
Nationality | American |
Institution | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Alma mater |
University of Chicago Columbia University |
Doctoral advisor |
Milton Friedman |
Doctoral students |
James Johannes Martin Regalia 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.