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Platform as a Rule Maker : Evidence from Airbnb's Cancellation Policies
Jia, Jian; Jin, Ginger Zhe; Wagman, Liad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
-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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585362
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Who Benefits from Online Gig Economy Platforms?
Stanton, Christopher T.; Thomas, Catherine - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper estimates the magnitude and distribution of surplus from the knowledge worker gig economy using data from an online labor market. Labor demand elasticities determine workers' wages, and buyers' past market experience shapes both their job posting frequency and hiring rates. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696386
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Designing Quality Certificates : Insights from eBay
Hui, Xiang; Jin, Ginger Zhe; Liu, Meng - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Quality certification is a common tool to reduce asymmetric information and enhance trust in marketplaces. Should the certificate focus on seller inputs such as fast shipping, or include output measures such as consumer ratings? In theory, incorporating output measures makes the certificate more...
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Steering in Online Markets : The Role of Platform Incentives and Credibility
Barach, Moshe A. - 2019
Platform marketplaces can potentially steer buyers to certain sellers by recommending or guaranteeing those sellers …. Money-back guarantees--which create a direct financial stake for the platform in seller performance--might be particularly … effective at steering, as they align buyer and platform interests in creating a good match. We report the results of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479867
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Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies
Athey, Susan - 2018
increasingly central role in tech companies - tackling problems such as platform design, strategy, pricing, and policy. Over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480716
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Search and Information Frictions on Global E-Commerce Platforms : Evidence from AliExpress
Bai, Jie - 2020
Global e-commerce platforms present new export opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries by significantly lowering the entry barriers of exporting. However, the lack of market selection can lead to a large number of online firms competing for consumers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482319
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Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows
Horton, John - 2017
Digital labor markets are rapidly expanding and connecting companies and contractors on a global basis. We review the environment in which these markets take root, the micro- and macro-level studies of their operations, their ongoing evolution and recent trends, and perspectives for undertaking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455283
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Consumer Price Search and Platform Design in Internet Commerce
Dinerstein, Michael - 2014
that retail margins are on the order of 10%, and use the model to analyze the design of search rankings. Our model explains … most of the effects of a major re-design of eBay's product search, and allows us to identify conditions where narrowing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458251
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Digitization and the Contract Labor Market : A Research Agenda
Agrawal, Ajay - 2013
settings as reflected by user responses to market design features (allocation of visibility, investments in human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459138
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Smiles in Profiles : Improving Fairness and Efficiency Using Estimates of User Preferences in Online Marketplaces
Athey, Susan; Karlan, Dean; Palikot, Emil; Yuan, Yuan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
specific feature and estimate its impact on lender demand. We then counterfactually evaluate alternative platform policies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462682