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 …

We present evidence that discrimination against Asian-American Airbnb users sharply increased at the start of the COVID …