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To analyze the key mechanisms driving the expansion of the sharing economy, specifically focusing on the role of digital trust and reputation systems.

November 1, 2020Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social PolicyOpen Access

In Trust We Thrive: What Drives the Sharing Economy?

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KSKinga SzabóUniversity of Applied Science Budapest GGGauri Shankar GuptaMassachusetts Institute of Technology

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Conceptual review demonstrates how digital identity and reputation systems expand trust in peer-to-peer markets, suggesting a fundamental shift in modern capitalism.

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To analyze the key mechanisms driving the expansion of the sharing economy, specifically focusing on the role of digital trust and reputation systems.
Theoretical and conceptual evaluation of digital platform dynamics and asset-sharing practices.
Socio-economic analysis examining the roles of Digital Identity (DI) and Trust and Reputation Information (TRI) in facilitating decentralized commerce.
Digital identity mechanisms and reputation tracking broaden the radius of trust, allowing global strangers to engage in non-ownership asset exchanges.
Technological systems for establishing trust, coupled with emerging legal frameworks, fundamentally challenge traditional models of capitalism and consumer ownership.
External disruptions such as the coronavirus pandemic and rising centralized digital surveillance present major headwinds for decentralized sharing networks.

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Szabó et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0f2266bb0e65fa3a425bce https://doi.org/10.14267/cjssp.2020.2.3

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Conceptual review demonstrates how digital identity and reputation systems expand trust in peer-to-peer markets, suggesting a fundamental shift in modern capitalism.

In Trust We Thrive: What Drives the Sharing Economy?

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In Trust We Thrive: What Drives the Sharing Economy?

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