scholarly journals Collaborative Behavior and the Sharing Economy: Pan-European Evidence for a New Economic Approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Torrent-Sellens
Keyword(s):  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Collaborative Behavior

Concentration of Income in the Service Sharing Economy: Service Platform Cases in Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 616-626
Author(s):  
Leonel Corona Treviño ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Concentration Distribution ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Service Platform ◽  
Selection Of

The objective of this paper is to propose an economic approach to analyse the concentration of income through platform firms, the marketplace linking users (customer/client) and providers within production through app developers and devices owners. It is important to identify the actors that put the assets into play by looking mainly at: 1) at transaction costs, 2) the externalities (network effects), and 3) the effects on the concentration-distribution of incomes. A selection of 19-service platform firms in Mexico in transportation and crowdfunding are analysed considering their fees, market share and income. The study revealed that these variables allow them to earn large profits when an oligopoly is developed. Then the question of counterbalances through competition arises, but the main concern is about the need (or not) for regulation during this phase of SES production.

scholarly journals Sharing Economy: For an Economic Taxonomy

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Bruno ◽  
Marisa Faggini
Keyword(s):  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Collaborative Consumption ◽  
Economy Growth ◽  
Positive Externality ◽  
Two Sided Markets

Sharing economy is an emerging phenomenon without a consolidated economic approach. We focus on main economic characteristics of sharing economy, as a category of peer-to-peer markets, which include collaborative consumption and redistribution markets. Peer-to-peer markets create a positive externality when exploiting idling capacity, adding further exchange advantages to those usually related to classical two-sided markets. Sharing economy differs from peer-to-peer redistribution markets, where a transfer of full ownership of goods occurs, because goods are used to provide services excludable but non-rivalrous. Problems arising from sharing economy growth are briefly analysed.

Assessing Collaborative Behavior in Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Krkovic ◽  
Sascha Wüstenberg ◽  
Samuel Greiff
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
Seventh Graders ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Personality Tests ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Computer Agent ◽  
Collaborative Behavior ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Abstract. Skilful collaborative problem-solving is becoming increasingly important in various life areas. However, researchers are still seeking ways to assess and foster this skill in individuals. In this study, we developed a computer-assisted assessment for collaborative behavior (COLBAS) following the experiment-based assessment of behavior approach (objective personality tests; Cattell, 1958 ). The instrument captures participants’ collaborative behavior in problem-solving tasks using the MicroDYN approach while participants work collaboratively with a computer-agent. COLBAS can thereby assess problem-solving and collaborative behavior expressed through communication acts. To investigate its validity, we administered COLBAS to 483 German seventh graders along with MicroDYN as a measure of individual problem-solving skills and questions regarding the motivation to collaborate. A latent confirmatory factor analysis suggested a five-dimensional construct with two problem-solving dimensions (knowledge acquisition and knowledge application) and three collaboration dimensions (questioning, asserting, and requesting). The results showed that extending MicroDYN to include collaborative aspects did not considerably change the measurement of problem-solving. Finally, students who were more motivated to collaborate interacted more with the computer-agent but also obtained worse problem-solving results.

Sharing Economy Questionnaire

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Lee ◽  
Sung-Byung Yang ◽  
Chulmo Koob
Keyword(s):  
Sharing Economy

Sociostructural Aspects of Socio-Economic Development:The role of Economic approach

2014 ◽  
pp. 86-105
Author(s):  
M. Shabanova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Socio Economic Development

The author discusses the importance of studying socio-structural factors of socio-economic development through a broader application of the economic approach. The resources of status positions of economic agents are in the spotlight. A possible platform for interdisciplinary interactions is proposed which allows to increase the contribution of both economics and sociology in improving governance at all levels.

Directions and Perspectives of Political-Economic Studies

2008 ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
A. Libman
Keyword(s):  
International Political Economy ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Economic Methods ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Economic Studies

The paper surveys the main directions of political-economic research, i.e. variants of economic and political approaches endogenizing political processes in economic models and applying economic methods to policy studies. It analyses different versions of political-economic research in different segments of scientific community: political economics, evolutionary theory of economic policy, international political economy, formal political science and theory of economic power; main methodological assumptions, content and results of positive studies are described. The author also considers the role of political-economic approach in the normative research in economics.

Institutionalism: Theory, Decision-making Basis, Method of Criticism

2009 ◽  
pp. 110-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Moskovsky
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Technological Imperative ◽  
Logical Inconsistency ◽  
Basis Method

The author analyzes the state of institutional economics in contemporary Russia. It is characterized by arbitrary confusion of the ideas of «old», «new» and «mathematical» versions of institutionalism which results in logical inconsistency and even eclectics to be observed in the literature. The new and mathematical versions of institutionalism are shown to be based on legal, political and mathematical determinism tightly connected with the so-called «economic approach» (G. Becker). The main attention is paid to the discussion of theoretical and practical potential of the contemporary classical («old») institutionalism. The author focuses on its philosophical grounds and its technological imperative, the institution of science, the method of criticism, the opportunity of using classical institutionalist ideas as the ideology of economic reforms in Russia.

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