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Where Should Online Peer-to-Peer Markets Thrive?


Abstract: The rapid growth of firms such as Uber, Airbnb, and Task Rabbit has attracted considerable attention - and controversy - from the media, policymakers and researchers. This note considers the potential for spatial variation in the size and composition of online P2P markets from both the labor market and consumer perspectives.

https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1894

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Provider: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Part of Series: FEDS Notes

Publication Date: 2016-12-22

Number: 2016-12-22-2