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MARKETING SCIENCE
Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages 819-834Publisher
INFORMS
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.2022.1409
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Airbnb; short-term rentals; residential development
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We provide new evidence that short-term rental platforms like Airbnb incentivize residential real estate investment. Using two complementary identification strategies, we find that regulations on short-term rentals significantly reduce Airbnb listings and residential permits, especially for housing units well suited for short-term renting.
We provide new evidence that short-term rental (STR) platforms like Airbnb incentivize residential real estate investment. We exploit two complementary identification strategies. First, we use variation in the timing of STR regulations to estimate the effect of regulation on both Airbnb listings and residential permits. We find that over the first 12 months following the start of the regulation, STR regulations reduce Airbnb listings by 8.9% and residential permits by 10.8%. Second, we show that residential permits decline discontinuously across jurisdictional boundaries in which one side of the boundary has an STR regulation and the other side does not. The effect is especially striking for accessory dwelling units, which decline by 16.5% across regulatory boundaries. Our results imply that STRs incentivize residential investment and especially so for housing units that are well suited for short-term renting.
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