Kevin Tran

@kdbtran.bsky.social

Lecturer in Economics at University of Bristol | #OnlinePlatforms | #SharingEconomy | #Empirical #IO | kevintran.eu

Create a Bluesky account just so I could repost Michelangelo's thread about our new working paper on price transparency on peer-to-peer platforms. Check it out to find out more!

Michelangelo Rossi@micherossi.bsky.social · 2y ago

How does price transparency affect a market?🤔 In our new paper, Kevin Tran, @leonardomadio.bsky.social, Mark J. Tremblay, and I analyze Airbnb’s policy change in the EU, where cleaning fees became fully transparent. The surprising finding: transparency doesn’t lead to lower prices. Here’s why: