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This dissertation is an empirical study of a peer-to-peer market, Airbnb. Chapter 2 examines the impact of Airbnb on the rental housing market. Airbnb can potentially cannibalize long-term rental and affects rental housing supply and affordability. However, Airbnb also provides …

Short-term rental (STR) platforms like Airbnb increasingly offer entire homes for most of the year. Mounting evidence in large U.S. cities shows that this places them in competition with long-term housing options. To examine the impact of STRs on smaller, tourism-driven cities, …