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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w28878 |
来源ID | Working Paper 28878 |
Platform as a Rule Maker: Evidence from Airbnb's Cancellation Policies | |
Jian Jia; Ginger Zhe Jin; Liad Wagman | |
发表日期 | 2021-06-07 |
出版年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Digital platforms are not only match-making intermediaries but also establish internal rules that govern all users in their ecosystems. To better understand the governing role of platforms, we study two Airbnb pro-guest rules that pertain to guest and host cancellations, using data on Airbnb and VRBO listings in 10 US cities. We demonstrate that such pro-guest rules can drive demand and supply to and from the platform, as a function of the local platform competition between Airbnb and VRBO. Our results suggest that platform competition sometimes dampens a platform wide pro-guest rule and sometimes reinforces it, often with heterogeneous effects on different hosts. This implies that platform competition does not necessarily mitigate a platform's incentive to treat the two sides asymmetrically, and any public policy in platform competition must consider its implication on all sides. |
主题 | Microeconomics ; Economics of Information ; Industrial Organization ; Market Structure and Firm Performance |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w28878 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/586552 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jian Jia,Ginger Zhe Jin,Liad Wagman. Platform as a Rule Maker: Evidence from Airbnb's Cancellation Policies. 2021. |
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