Home sharing platforms have experienced a rapid growth over the last decade. Following negative publicity, many cities have started regulating the short-term rental market. Regulations often involve a cap on the number of days a property can be rented out on a short-term basis. We draw on rich...

Airbnb and other home sharing platforms experienced a meteoric rise over the past decade. In recent years, they ran into headwinds though: More and more cities enacted home sharing ordinances (HSOs) that regulate the short-term rental market. Most of the regulations aim to ban commercial...