Craig Palsson
Associate Professor
Department(s):- Economics and Finance
Contact Information
Eccles Business Building 503435.797.2336
craig.palsson@usu.edu
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae
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
Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Palsson, C., (2026). Narrow Paths Out of Poverty and Educational Demand: Evidence from Dominican Baseball. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 74:2, 747-775.
- Palsson, C., (2025). VancUber: The long-run effect of ride-hailing on public transportation, congestion, and traffic fatalities. Canadian Journal of Economics, 58:3, 892-939.
- Palsson, C., Porter, S., (2024). The inefficacy of land titling programs: homesteading in Haiti, 1933–1950. Public Choice, 203, 277-303.
- Palsson, C., (2024). "A Whirligig of Revolutionary Presidents": Political Stability and Foreign Investment in Haiti, 1910-1920. European Review of Economic History, 28:3, 375-398.
- Palsson, C., (2023). State Capacity, Property Rights, and External Revenues: Haiti, 1932–1949. The Journal of Economic History, 83:3, 709-746.
- Palsson, C., (2023). The Forces of Path Dependence: Haiti’s Refugee Camps, 1937–2009. Explorations in Economic History, 89, 101528.
- Palsson, C., (2021). Small Farms, Large Transaction Costs: Haiti’s Missing Sugar. The Journal of Economic History, 81:2, 513-548.
- Palsson, C., (2018). Is Uber a substitute or complement to public transit?. Journal of Urban Economics, 108, 36-50.
- Palsson, C., (2017). Smartphones and Child Injuries. Journal of Public Economics, 156, 200-213.
- Palsson, C., (2014). Technological change, relative worker productivity, and firm-level substitution: Evidence from the NBA. Journal of Sports Economics, 15:5, 478-496.
Book Chapters
- Palsson, C., The Soil of Underdevelopment: Land in Haiti: Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean, vol 2. Palgrave, Macmillan *
Technical Reports
Research Reports
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.