Craig Palsson

Associate Professor

Department(s):
  • Economics and Finance

Craig Palsson

Education

PhD, Economics, Yale University, 2017
M.Phil, Economics, Yale University, 2015
MA, Economics, Yale University, 2014

BS, Economics, BYU, 2012

Interactions

Focused Friday leadership Forum, "Why Study Economics?" - April 15, 2019

Awards

Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year - 2023

Biography

Craig Palsson is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. Craig received his BS from Brigham Young University and his PhD from Yale University, where he attended as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. His dissertation was a finalist for prizes from the Economic History Association and the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics. Before coming to USU, he was an Assistant Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Craig works at the intersection of economic history and economic development. He focuses on how institutions such as property rights and state capacity evolve in developing countries. A lot of this work looks at institutions in the economic history of Haiti.

Videos

Focused Fridays Leadership Forum Series: Dr. Craig Palsson - April 12, 2019

Teaching

MGT 3050 - Foundations of Business: Capitalism, Markets, and Innovation, Fall 2023
ECN 3600 - Topics in Economic Development, Fall 2023
MGT 3050 - Foundations of Business: Capitalism, Markets, and Innovation, Spring 2023
MGT 3050 - Foundations of Business: Capitalism, Markets, and Innovation, Spring 2023
ECN 3600 - Topics in Economic Development, Spring 2023
MGT 3050 - Foundations of Business: Capitalism, Markets, and Innovation, Fall 2022
ECN 3600 - Topics in Economic Development, Fall 2022
MGT 3050 - Foundations of Business: Capitalism, Markets, and Innovation, Spring 2022
ECN 3600 - Topics in Economic Development, Spring 2022
MGT 3050 - Foundations of Business: Capitalism, Markets, and Innovation, Fall 2021
ECN 3600 - Topics in Economic Development, Fall 2021
MGT 3050 - Foundations of Business: Capitalism, Markets, and Innovation, Spring 2021
ECN 3600 - Topics in Economic Development, Spring 2021
MGT 3050 - Foundations of Business: Capitalism, Markets, and Innovation, Fall 2020
ECN 3600 - Topics in Economic Development, Fall 2020
MGT 1050 - Foundations of Business Leadership, Spring 2020
MGT 1050 - Foundations of Business Leadership, Spring 2020
MGT 1050 - Foundations of Business Leadership, Fall 2019
MGT 1050 - Foundations of Business Leadership, Fall 2019
MGT 1050 - Foundations of Business Leadership, Spring 2019
MGT 1050 - Foundations of Business Leadership, Spring 2019
MGT 1050 - Foundations of Business Leadership, Fall 2018