Sharing platforms such as zilok.com enable sharing of durable goods among consumers, and seek to maximize profits by charging transaction-based platform fees. We develop a model in which consumers who have heterogeneous needs concerning the use of a durable good decide whether to purchase and share (i.e., be a lender) or borrow (i.e., be a borrower), and a monopoly sharing platform determines the platform fees. We find, first, that consumers with greater need to use a durable good purchase and share, and that consumers with lesser need borrow. Second, sharing platforms maximize profits only if the supply of a durable good matches demand—that is, the market must clear in order for platform fees to be profit maximizing. Third, the market-clearing ...
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The sharing economy is a fast-growing business model, and the sharing resources have crept from phys...
Existing models of two-sided markets explain why platforms charge different prices between buyers an...
This paper explores the welfare effects of coopetition between two-sided platforms in the context of...
Platforms that facilitate the sharing economy promise to help create a circular economy on a peer2pe...
Sharing economy businesses are increasingly important, but the relationships between their strategie...
From an economic perspective, dynamic pricing seems to be the profit maximizing pricing strategy for...
Two-sided sharing platforms match independent third-party service providers (i.e., supply) to consum...
The sharing economy is significantly growing and business-to-consumer (B2C) sharing platforms are ex...
This research aims to investigate the effects of different platform strategies and mandatory policie...
In the presence of a peer-to-peer economy, the option of sharing an item is valuable for consumers. ...
Consumers can achieve greater value in terms of access to goods when they use digital sharing platfo...
The sharing economy allows consumers to share spare goods and resources through online platforms, us...
In the twenty-first century, consumers have various options in terms of acting more responsibly towa...
The growth of the sharing economy is driven by the emergence of sharing platforms, e.g., Uber and Ly...
This paper proposes a model of Bertrand competition between platforms and analyzes the sustainabilit...
The sharing economy is a fast-growing business model, and the sharing resources have crept from phys...
Existing models of two-sided markets explain why platforms charge different prices between buyers an...
This paper explores the welfare effects of coopetition between two-sided platforms in the context of...
Platforms that facilitate the sharing economy promise to help create a circular economy on a peer2pe...
Sharing economy businesses are increasingly important, but the relationships between their strategie...