Christopher Boone

Professional Experience: 

• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2020-present
• Assistant Professor, School of Hotel Administration and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, 2015-2020

Research Interests: 

• Labor Market Policy
• Economic History
• Agriculture

Selected Publications: 

• “Unemployment Insurance Generosity and Aggregate Employment,” with Arindrajit Dube, Lucas Goodman and Ethan Kaplan.  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming.
• “The Effects of Tip Recommendations on Customer Tipping, Satisfaction, Retention, and Spending,” with Damon Alexander and Michael Lynn. Management Science, Articles in Advance, June 2020.
• “The Political Economy of Discretionary Spending: Evidence from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,” with Arindrajit Dube and Ethan Kaplan, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Spring 2014. 
• “Household Water Supply Choice and Time Allocated to Water Collection: Evidence from Madagascar,” with Peter Glick and David E. Sahn, Journal of Development Studies, 47(12), 2011, pp. 1826-50.

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