Regulating The Sharing Economy

This project explores how STRs affect the price of Airbnb rental market and how the two different types of host compete in renting their Airbnb rentals in Barcelona. Furthermore, the outcome of the research will explore on how municipal policymakers could best regulate Airbnb, most importantly in order to draw up a protocol to help manage the impact from the city’s large amount of tourist apartments.

Analysing and regulating the sharing economy based on the housing impact of Airbnb in cities.