Frontiers: Can an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Mitigate Racial Economic Inequality? An Analysis in the Context of Airbnb
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DOI: 10.1287/mksc.2021.1295
Abstract: We study the effect of Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm on the racial disparity in the daily revenue earned by Airbnb hosts. Our empirical strategy exploits Airbnb’s introduction of the algorithm and its voluntary adoption by hosts… read more here.
Keywords: algorithm; daily revenue; black hosts; racial economic ... See more keywords