Abstract / Description of output
In September 2023, New York City began requiring short-term rental properties to be licensed, wiping off many listings from platforms like Airbnb. The increase in short-term rental rates observed soon after illustrates price rivalry under an exogenous shock to market structure. To quantify that effect, we use data on New York’s Airbnb listings from July 2023 to January 2024 to carry out several fixed-effect regressions. We found that the intensity of price competition is hindered by the presence of multi-listing hosts. Hence, if Airbnb wishes to reclaim its ‘cheaper than hotels’ value proposition, they should tackle excessive market concentration.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-5 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Current Issues in Tourism |
| Early online date | 13 May 2024 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 13 May 2024 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Airbnb
- short-term rentals
- regulations
- fixed-effects regression