eprintid: 4192
rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2023-06-23 07:52:48
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type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Sanvitale, Alberto Leonardo
creators_id: S4413776
creators_email: leonardosanvitale@hotmail.com
title: The Effect of Location Quality on Airbnb Prices: Evidence from  Stockholm
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: The rise of peer-2-peer platforms in the market for short-term rental accommodations is notorious. 
Platforms, such as Airbnb, have become proven instigators of consumer demand in the short-term rental 
market. The externalities of Airbnb generally alter the socio-economic and geographic traits of urban 
areas, such as Stockholm. This study aims to add to the existing literature on Airbnb by endeavouring 
on multiple hedonic price models including location quality, accommodation characteristics, customer 
opinions, and host traits. The emphasis of this study lies on the effect of location quality on Airbnb 
listing prices. Importantly, the neighbourhood, distance to the nearest touristic amenity, and distance to 
the city centre have been appointed as the proxies for location quality. Similar to previous studies, this 
study indicates that Airbnb accommodations located in the vicinity of the city centre, or a touristic 
amenity, have higher listing prices. Furthermore, the results show that Airbnb hosts with low-cost 
Airbnb accommodations capitalize more on location quality than hosts with high-cost Airbnb 
accommodations and that hosts with a superhost badge solely capitalize more on location quality when 
their listing is located in a 0.25-kilometre radius from the city centre. Lastly, this study indicates that 
the superhost badge is capitalized on differently across Stockholm’s neighbourhoods.
date: 2021
pages: 65
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: VG
tutors_name: Duijn, M. van
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: Mark.van.Duijn@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Stockholm
keywords_local: Airbnb
keywords_local: Price
keywords_local: Location Quality
keywords_local: Superhost
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2023-06-21
citation:   Sanvitale, Alberto Leonardo  (2021) The Effect of Location Quality on Airbnb Prices: Evidence from Stockholm.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4192/1/MT_AL_Sanvitale_The%20Effect%20of%20Location%20Quality%20on%20Airbnb%20Prices_Evidence%20from%20Stockholm.pdf