The sharing economy (peer-to-peer based sharing or renting activities coordinated through community-based online services) is typically assumed to be closely related to social trust. The two sharing economy companies Airbnb and Flipkey exist in over 100 countries, allowing us to construct a...

We examine competition between two-sided platforms in a sharing economy using ride sharing as an example. In this economy, drivers self-schedule their supply based on the wage they receive. The platforms compete for drivers as well as riders. To attract drivers, platforms have used diverse wage...

Workers in the sharing economy are overwhelmingly classified as independent contractors. Under existing rules, at least some of them qualify as employees. However, their employers have limited incentives to reclassify them due to arbitration agreements containing class action waivers, which cut...