Price determinants of sharing economy based accommodation rental: A study of listings from 33 cities on Airbnb.com [Summary]
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2017-04
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Virginia Tech
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The advent of the “sharing economy” challenges not only the business of hotel industry but also the theories and models based on the conventional hotel industry. A key dimension of the hospitality industry is pricing. The aim of this study is to identify the price determinants of sharing economy based accommodation offers in the digital marketplace.
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Sharing economy, Price determinants, Airbnb, Hotels, Quantile regression