Christopher Stanton

Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

Soldiers Field Road

Morgan 270C

Boston, MA 02163

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Faculty Research Fellow

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Outcomes and Expectations

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 20-102, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 20-102, HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-012
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 29 May 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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COVID, entrepreneurship, stimulus, insolvency, small business

How are Small Businesses Adjusting to COVID-19? Early Evidence from a Survey

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-012, University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-42
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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How are Small Businesses Adjusting to Covid-19? Early Evidence from a Survey

NBER Working Paper No. w26989
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2023
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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The Value of Bosses

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2014
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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The Value of Bosses

NBER Working Paper No. w18317
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2023
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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What Jobs are Being Done at Home During the COVID-19 Crisis? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 20-138, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 20-138
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Jun 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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What Jobs are Being Done at Home During the Covid-19 Crisis? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

NBER Working Paper No. w27422
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2022
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Founder-CEO Compensation and Selection into Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 20-119
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 22 May 2020 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2023
Michael Ewens, Ramana Nanda and Christopher Stanton
Columbia Business School, Imperial College Business School and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Entrepreneurship, venture capital, executive compensation

Founder-Ceo Compensation and Selection into Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurship

NBER Working Paper No. w27296
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 09 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2023
Michael Ewens, Ramana Nanda and Christopher Stanton
Columbia Business School, Imperial College Business School and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 10 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2014
Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas
Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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Labor market intermediation, offshoring, incomplete information

Determinants of Small Business Reopening Decisions After COVID Restrictions Were Lifted

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 20-132, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 20-132
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 26 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2021
University of Chicago - Department of Economicsaffiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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COVID-19; demand forecasting; reopening;

Determinants of Small Business Reopening Decisions after Covid Restrictions Were Lifted

NBER Working Paper No. w27362
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 15 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023
University of Chicago - Department of Economicsaffiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Making Do with Less: Working Harder During Recessions

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 14-16
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2014
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Making Do with Less: Working Harder During Recessions

NBER Working Paper No. w19328
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2023
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Beyond Zeroes and Ones: The Severity and Evolution of Civil Conflict

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2013
Stephen Chaudoin, Zachary Peskowitz and Christopher Stanton
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Independent and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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The Targeting and Impact of Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Small Businesses

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 21-021, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 21-021
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 19 Aug 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University
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The Targeting and Impact of Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Small Businesses

NBER Working Paper No. w27623
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2022
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University
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Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from Odesk and India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6403
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Syed Ejaz Ghani, William Kerr and Christopher Stanton
World Bank, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Debt Markets, E-Business, Labor Policies, Labor Markets, Technology Industry

Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Apr 2013
Syed Ejaz Ghani, William Kerr and Christopher Stanton
World Bank, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Diaspora, ethnicity, outsourcing, oDesk, networks, India, South Asia

Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from Odesk and India

NBER Working Paper No. w18474
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2022
Syed Ejaz Ghani, William Kerr and Christopher Stanton
World Bank, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Housing Consumption and the Cost of Remote Work

NBER Working Paper No. w28483
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Christopher Stanton and Pratyush Tiwari
Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University
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Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows

NBER Working Paper No. w23398
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2022
John J. Horton, William Kerr and Christopher Stanton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Self-Employment Dynamics and the Returns to Entrepreneurship

NBER Working Paper No. w23168
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 13 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2023
Eleanor Wiske Dillon and Christopher Stanton
Arizona State University (ASU) and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Who Gets Hired? The Importance of Finding an Open Slot

NBER Working Paper No. w22202
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 May 2016 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Analyzing the Aftermath of a Compensation Reduction

NBER Working Paper No. w25135
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2023
Jason Sandvik, Richard E. Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
University of Utah, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, University of Utah - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Analyzing the Aftermath of a Compensation Reduction

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13242
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 15 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2019
Jason Sandvik, Richard E. Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
University of Utah, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, University of Utah - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Workplace Knowledge Flows

NBER Working Paper No. w26660
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 22 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 07 May 2023
Jason Sandvik, Richard E. Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
University of Utah, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, University of Utah - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Workplace Knowledge Flows

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14299
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 14 Jan 2020
Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
University of Utah, Michigan State University, University of Utah - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Should Workplace Programs Be Voluntary or Mandatory? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Mentorship

NBER Working Paper No. w29148
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 30 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2023
Jason Sandvik, Richard E. Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
University of Utah, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, University of Utah - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Beyond Zeroes and Ones: The Intensity and Dynamics of Civil Conflict

NBER Working Paper No. w20258
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 10 May 2023
Stephen Chaudoin, Zachary Peskowitz and Christopher Stanton
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Independent and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Training, Communications Patterns, and Spillovers Inside Organizations

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Jul 2022
Miguel Espinosa and Christopher Stanton
Bocconi University and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Training, Employer-sponsored Training, Spillovers from Workers to Managers, Hierarchies

Training, Communications Patterns, and Spillovers Inside Organizations

NBER Working Paper No. w30224
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 11 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Miguel Espinosa and Christopher Stanton
Bocconi University and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Who Benefits from Online Gig Economy Platforms?

NBER Working Paper No. w29477
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2022
Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas
Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Information Spillovers in Experience Goods Competition

NBER Working Paper No. w28584
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Zhuoqiong Chen, Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas
Harbin Institute of Technology - Shenzhen Graduate School, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Information Spillovers in Experience Goods Competition

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15255
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 12 Sep 2020
Zhuoqiong Chen, Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas
Harbin Institute of Technology - Shenzhen Graduate School, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Behavior based price discrimination, Duopoly, Experience Goods, product differentiation