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How Widespread is AirBnB Fraud? Evidence from the Cincinnati Area

Anderson, Benjamin
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0192-5913
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1595804021207175

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2020, Master of Arts, Miami University, Economics.
This paper estimates the amount of a particular type of fraud that occurs in the short-term rental market. The type of fraud examined can only be committed by those who are multi-listers, meaning that the host needs to have two or more properties available online to have the ability to commit this crime. To identify systematic fraud from daily Airbnb data, we examine the difference between single and multi-listers to determine if there is a statistically significant difference in the amount of same day bookings. The fraud being examined relies on making the guest switch units the day they are supposed to begin their stay due to a last-minute excuse. There can be underlying differences in the types of units offered by single listers and multi-listers that can cause one of the groups to have a higher proportion of same day bookings than the others. After controlling for these differences, we see that single listings have a lower proportion in comparison to multi-listers. This pattern suggests that widespread Airbnb fraud could be occurring.
Mark Tremblay (Advisor)
George Davis (Committee Member)
Ejindu Ume (Committee Member)
30 p.
Economics
short term rentals; sharing economy; fraud

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  • Anderson, B. (2020). How Widespread is AirBnB Fraud? Evidence from the Cincinnati Area [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1595804021207175

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Anderson, Benjamin. How Widespread is AirBnB Fraud? Evidence from the Cincinnati Area. 2020. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1595804021207175.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Anderson, Benjamin. "How Widespread is AirBnB Fraud? Evidence from the Cincinnati Area." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1595804021207175

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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