1. Sharing economY – definition, dynamics and debates –
Koen Frenken

2. > 20 million members (EU) > 2 million accommodations (World)
2006
2008
> 20 million members (EU)
> 2 million accommodations (World)
2011
2011
> 100,000 members (NL)
> 100,000 members (NL)

4. D E F I N I T I O N
Part 1

5. granting each other temporary access to under-utilised physical assets
Definition
Consumers
granting each other temporary access to under-utilised physical assets
Sharing economy

6. Definition
Consumers
granting each other temporary access to under-utilised physical assets (possibly for money)
Sharing economy

7. Definition
Consumers
granting each other temporary access to under-utilised physical assets (possibly for money)
Sharing economy

8. granting each other temporary access to under-utilised physical assets
Definition
Consumers
granting each other temporary access to under-utilised physical assets
Sharing economy

9. granting each other temporary access to under-utilised physical assets
Definition
Consumers
granting each other temporary access to under-utilised physical assets
Sharing economy

10. Consumers granting each other temporary access to under-utilised physical assets

11. Consumers granting each other temporary access to under-utilised physical assets

12. D Y N A M I C S
Part 2

13. Why does sharing scale so fast?

14. Why does sharing scale so fast?
… because it is based on idle capacity

15. Country: The Netherlands. Source: KpVV, 2014

16. Traditional b2c rental model Sharing-economy c2c model
Source: Meelen et al. 2015, draft

17. Onderzoek B2C C2C Constant -8.574*** (1.533) -0.949 (0.672)
B2C 
C2C
Constant
-8.574***
(1.533)
-0.949
(0.672)
Number of cars
0.000***
(0.000)
Population density
0.000*
Distance to facilities
-0.052
(0.029)
-0.022*
(0.010)
Income
0.000
% vocational education
-0.017
(0.014)
-0.021***
(0.006)
% university education
0.015
(0.011)
0.028***
(0.005)
% one person households
0.028**
0.014**
(0.004)
% age 25-45
0.060***
(0.016)
0.019*
(0.009)
% age 45-65
0.073***
(0.017)
0.005
(0.08) 
% age 65+
0.008
(0.012)
-0.008*
% Western immigrants
0.029*
(0.015)
-0.033***
(0.007)
% green party voters
0.246***
(0.045)
0.152***
(0.026)
Municipal policy
0.388***
(0.066)
0.029
(0.031)
Log Likelihood
Mcfadden adj R2
0.361
0.189 N
2363
2363 
Non-zero observations
438
1573
Onderzoek

18. Onderzoek B2C C2C Constant -8.574*** (1.533) -0.949 (0.672)
B2C 
C2C
Constant
-8.574***
(1.533)
-0.949
(0.672)
Number of cars
0.000***
(0.000)
Population density
0.000*
Distance to facilities
-0.052
(0.029)
-0.022*
(0.010)
Income
0.000
% vocational education
-0.017
(0.014)
-0.021***
(0.006)
% university education
0.015
(0.011)
0.028***
(0.005)
% one person households
0.028**
0.014**
(0.004)
% age 25-45
0.060***
(0.016)
0.019*
(0.009)
% age 45-65
0.073***
(0.017)
0.005
(0.08) 
% age 65+
0.008
(0.012)
-0.008*
% Western immigrants
0.029*
(0.015)
-0.033***
(0.007)
% green party voters
0.246***
(0.045)
0.152***
(0.026)
Municipal policy
0.388***
(0.066)
0.029
(0.031)
Log Likelihood
Mcfadden adj R2
0.361
0.189 N
2363
2363 
Non-zero observations
438
1573
Onderzoek

19. D E B A T E S
Part 3

21. debate
Distribution of welfare
* monopoly
* housing market
* reputation
* discrimination
* (unfair) competition between old and new business models
Labour
* employment effects
* platform dependence
Economisation of society
Privacy
Rebound-effects

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