Sharing Economy, Informational Asymmetry, and Economic Consumer Regulation

This article examines how the applications that operate based on the sharing economy reduce transaction costs among its users, and how this affects their need for regulation on consumer protection. This article discusses the contributions of Akerlof, Spence e Stiglitz to the formation of the informa...

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Autores: Martins, João Victor Ruiz, Ribeiro, Marcia Carla Pereira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)
Repositorio:Revista de Direito, Economia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/1386
Acceso en línea:http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/revistaddsus/article/view/1386
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Law; Economics; Development; Efficiency; Sharing Economy.
Direito; Economia; Desenvolvimento; Eficiência; Economia do Compartilhamento.
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Sumario:This article examines how the applications that operate based on the sharing economy reduce transaction costs among its users, and how this affects their need for regulation on consumer protection. This article discusses the contributions of Akerlof, Spence e Stiglitz to the formation of the information economy and the economic problems arising from information asymmetry. Then it discusses the role of the State on the resolution of informational asymmetries. Finally, it discusses the reputation mechanisms used by the sharing economy to reduce information asymmetry and what are its consequences for economic regulation, on consumer protection perspective.