This paper gives an in-depth overview of the topic of power in the sharing economy. It forms one part of a European Union Horizon 2020 Research Project on the sharing economy: "Ps2Share: Participation, Privacy, and Power in the Sharing Economy". We aim to foster better awareness of the...

The sharing economy offers individuals various opportunities to generate additional income through sharing their personal possessions with strangers. The flexibility promised by sharing platforms, to share when and how often individuals prefer, has been highlighted as the key advantage of the...

The sharing economy has introduced a third party into traditional peer-to-peer transactions: the sharing platform. These platforms, far from being passive intermediaries, maintain a significant role in determining the price mechanisms of peer-to-peer transactions, as well as, in some cases,...