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The Welfare Effects of Peer Entry in the Accommodation Market: The Case of Airbnb / Chiara Farronato, Andrey Fradkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farronato, Chiara.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w24361.
- NBER working paper series no. w24361
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Welfare Effects of Peer Entry in the Accommodation Market
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2018.
- Summary:
- We study the effects of enabling peer supply through Airbnb in the accommodation industry. We present a model of competition between flexible and dedicated sellers - peer hosts and hotels - who provide differentiated products. We estimate this model using data from major US cities and quantify the welfare effects of Airbnb on travelers, hosts, and hotels. The welfare gains are concentrated in locations (New York) and times (New Years Eve) when hotels are capacity constrained. This occurs because peer hosts are responsive to market conditions, expand supply as hotels fill up, and keep hotel prices down as a result.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 2018.
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