Biography
Grant Halliday received his Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics from Yale University in 2021. His senior essay analyzed institutions of grain distribution within Late Merovingian France. This analysis combined historical research with institutional and historical economics, as well as recent developments in environmental sciences. His primary interests are medieval and early modern economic institutions, especially their interactions with the environment and social equality, and what these can tell us about modern institutions. Grant started as a research intern with Institutions for Collective Action in September 2021.
Involved in research themes
- Formation of institutions for collective action
Expertise
- Institutional and historical economic theory
- Transaction theory
- Late Antique / Early Medieval history
- Environmental history
- Social network analysis
- Archival research