As digital platforms continue to thrive, data transparency has attracted significant interest from researchers and regulators. Advocates argue that digital platforms cannot be well governed without access to their user data, while proposals to grant governments access to user data are...

Matching efficiency makes or breaks peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms’ business model. As the grassroots nature of these markets involves a shift toward elite offerings, will differentiating suppliers by quality increase matching efficiency? Should P2P platforms differentiate suppliers without...