Cities worldwide have regulated peer-to-peer short-term rental platforms claiming that those platforms remove apartments from the long-term housing market, causing an in- crease in rents. Establishing and quantifying such a causal link is, however, challenging. We investigate two policy changes...

Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. What is the economics of Uber (and of this book)? -- 2. What is Uber's business model? -- 3. What are creative destruction and disruption innovation? -- 4. Are innovation and regulation opposites? -- Conclusion: Destroying Uber, the destroyer? --...

Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- What Does the Gig Economy Mean for Workers?( -- Summary -- Introduction -- An Overview of the Gig Economy -- Measuring Gig Workers: Data Issues -- Bureau of Labor Statistics Data: Contingent Workers, Alternative Employment Arrangements, and Self-Employed --...

Der vorliegende Beitrag erörtert die wichtigsten Herausforderungen, die sich durch die Digitalisierung stellen. Analysiert werden die Fragen, inwiefern die die Digitalisierung zu einer Monopolisierung von Märkten führt, wie das Kartellrecht nach der 9. GWBNovelle diese Befürchtungen...