The entry of flexible-capacity sharing economy platforms (e.g., Airbnb and Uber) has potentially changed the competitive landscape in traditional industries with fixed- capacity incumbents and volatile demand. Leveraging panel data on hotels and Airbnb, we study how the sharing economy...

This paper examines the impact of Airbnb on the local rental housing market. Airbnb provides landlords an alternative opportunity to rent to short-term tourists, potentially causing some landlords to switch from long-term rentals, thereby affecting rental housing supply and affordability....

This study tries to determine to what extent the Chinese bureaucracy is merit-based. By triangulating quantitative and qualitative survey data from a sample of Chinese cadres (n=286), the authors aim to answer the research question: “What is the behavioural impact of the incentive structure...