Keyword: AirBnB

The Sharing Economy (3/11/2014)

The peer-to-peer rental and sharing economy could lead to more efficient allocation of scarce resources and a cleaner economy.

Keywords: access, AirBnB, capital goods, Coase, insurance, liability, Lyft, ownership, peer-to-peer rental, regulation, RelayRides, shareable goods, sharing economy, transaction cost, Zipcar

Uber as a Two-sided Market (3/15/2015)

By reducing information cost, the internet has ushered in many novel two-sided markets.

Keywords: ads, AirBnB, FedEx, Google, infrastructure, newspaper, price structure, pricing structure, private good, public good, search engine, sharing economy, transaction costs, two-sided market, Uber