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New book about the sharing economy, coming May 2016
Launch 2015 talk about the sharing economy and blockchain markets
Conference celebrating Roy Radner
The May 2014 Collaborative-Peer-Sharing Economy Summit
Congressional testimony on peer-to-peer business and the sharing economy, 01/15/2014
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Selected recent academic papers (back to top)
Self-Regulation and Innovation in the Peer-to-Peer Sharing Economy. The University of Chicago Law Review (2015)
Peer-to-Peer Rental Markets in the Sharing Economy. (2015) highlights: Washington Post  Mashable Financial Times
Prediction in Economic Networks. Information Systems Research (2014)
Dynamic Pricing of Network Goods with Boundedly Rational Consumers. PNAS (2014)
Digital Access, Political Networks and the Diffusion of Democracy. Social Networks (2014) Editors' Choice, Science
Information in Digital, Economic and Social Networks. Information Systems Research (2013)
Engineering Social Contagions: Optimal Network Seeding in the Presence of Homophily. Network Science (2013)
The Visible Hand? Demand Effects of Recommendation Networks in Electronic Markets. Management Science (2012)
Recommendation Networks and the Long Tail of Electronic Commerce. MIS Quarterly (2012)
Pricing Digital Goods: Discontinuous Costs and Shared Infrastructures. Information Systems Research (2011)
Popular older papers
Distinguishing Influence Based Contagion from Homophily-Driven Diffusion in Dynamic Networks. PNAS (2009)
Optimal Design of Crowdsourcing Contests. ICIS (2009)
Opinion Mining Using Econometrics: A Case Study on Reputation Systems. ACL (2007)
Local Network Effects and Complex Network Structure. BE Journal of Theoretical Economics (2007)
Information Technologies in Business: A Blueprint for Education and Research. Information Systems Research (2007)
Evaluating Pricing Strategy Using E-Commerce Data. Statistical Science (2006)
Nonlinear Pricing of Information Goods. Management Science (2004)
Managing Digital Piracy: Pricing and Protection. Information Systems Research (2004)
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Selected recent op-eds (back to top)
Will the on-demand economy raise global living standards? World Economic Forum Agenda, September 2015.
The gig economy is coming. What will it mean for work? The Guardian, July 2015.
If You Want to Reduce Traffic, Ridesharing Apps Hold Much Promise. The New York Times, July 2015.
A safety net fit for the sharing economy. The Financial Times, June 2015. full text
Airbnb is an Ally to Cities, Not an Adversary. The New York Times, June 2015.
Curbing the New Corporate Power: Response. Boston Review, May 2015.
What Airbnb Gets About Culture That Uber Doesnt. Harvard Business Review, November 2014 PDF
The new New Deal? Sharing responsibility in the sharing economy. Policy Network, October 2014.
Les nouvelles institutions economiques du XXIe siecle. Le Monde, July 2014. full text
Time to Adapt to a New Economy. The New York Times, May 2014.
Trusting the Sharing Economy to Regulate Itself. The New York Times, March 2014.
With Graph Search, Its Facebook vs Facebook. Wired, March 2013
From Zipcar to the Sharing Economy. Harvard Business Review, January 2013 PDF
Digital Social Visibility: How Facebook Gifts Change Our Choices. Wired, December 2012
All hail next-wave taxicab apps. NY Daily News, December 2012
Why the Government Doesn't Need to Regulate the Sharing Economy. Wired, October 2012
How Facebook Can Still Rule the Internet Economy. Bloomberg, September 2012
The Consumerizer of Digital Technologies. (my eulogy for Steve Jobs) NYU Stern Opinion, October 2011.
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Selected recent interviews/profiles (back to top)
Television and web video
Squawk Box Asia, CNBC, October 2015.
Slowing demand, gig economy & US equities. Boom Bust with Ameera David, October 2015.
What Lawsuit Means For Uber and The Sharing Economy. Huffington Post Live, September 2015.
China and the Sharing Economy. CCTV, August 2015.
Why is New York cracking down on Airbnb?. PBS NewsHour, August 2015.
Should UberX drivers, Instacart shoppers be independent contractors?. PBS NewsHour, July 2015.
US expert says Twitter needs a product-focused CEO. New China TV, June 2015.
Families navigate busy schedule with ride-share apps. CBS This Morning, March 2015.
Nightly Business Report. PBS/CNBC, December 2014.
In the Loop with Betty Liu. Bloomberg TV, December 2014.
The new ‘sharing economy’ can enrich micro-entrepreneurs. PBS NewsHour, October 2014.
Get a Room! How Airbnb is Changing the Hotel Industry. Bloomberg TV, August 2014.
Sundararajan on the sharing economy's long-term strategy. Reuters, August 2014.
Lyft Hits Roadblock: Is NYC Making the Right Call? Bloomberg TV, July 2014.
Technology Creates the "Sharing Economy". PBS Metrofocus, May 2014.
Is More Regulation of Airbnb Necessary?. Fox Business, May 2014.
Sharing Economy Makes Strange Political Bedfellows. Huffington Post Live, May 2014.
Average Joe Entrepreneurship and the Sharing Economy. Al Jazeera, April 2014.
Mt.Gox's Bitcoin security breach isolated: NYU's Sundararajan. Reuters , February 2014
Balancing Innovation and Regulation in the Sharing Economy. TechCrunch, December 2012.
Blackouts could hurt India's economy. CNN, August 2012.
Radio (audio)
Marketplace Economy. National Public Radio, October 2015.
The Gig Economy and You. BBC World Service. October 2015.
Marketplace Economy. National Public Radio, August 2015.
Marketplace Tech. National Public Radio, August 2015.
On Point with Tom Ashbrook. National Public Radio, June 2015.
Radio Times with Marty Moss-Caines. National Public Radio, February 2015.
The Joy Cardin Show. National Public Radio, September 2014.
Business Matters. BBC World Service, August 2014.
The Diane Rehm Show National Public Radio, July 2014.
Cabbies vs. Uber and the Shared Economy. National Public Radio, June 2014.
Business Matters. BBC World Service, April 2014.
Bay Area Cities Move to Regulate the Sharing Economy. National Public Radio, April 2014.
Arun Sundararajan - "Approach with optimism". Sharing Economy Radio (podcast) February 2014.
With Generational Shifts, The New Sharing Economy Flourishes. National Public Radio, September 2013.
Disruptive Business Model. Minnesota Public Radio (The Daily Circuit), August 2013.
The Sharing Economy. National Public Radio, July 2013.
Airbnb: When law clashes with the 'share economy'. CBC Radio (The Current), May 2013.
Other interviews/profiles
How will peer-to-peer booking models evolve Hotel News Now, December 2015.
The Genie Is Out Of The Bottle. Salon, November 2015.
How the sharing economy changes workers lives.Deutsche Wells, August 2015.
E condividere la parola chiave del futuro. L'Espresso, January 2015.
Vers un nouvel equilibre economique? (cover story) Socialter, August 2014.
What Drives Americas Go-To Expert on the Sharing Economy? Next City, May 2014.
Regards croises sur le futur de l'economie collaborative. Le Monde, May 2014.
La economia colaborativa es una oportunidad para los paises en desarrollo. El Pais, May 2014.
Woman With a Car vs. Washington D.C.'s Taxi Cartel. Reason, May 2014.
The Rise of Invisible Work. The Atlantic (now CityLab), October 2013.
Can a Used E-Book Market Survive the Legal Attacks. CNBC, May 2013.
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Selected recent media coverage
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Google News feed
New Labor Laws for the Gig Economy. The Atlantic, December 2015.
Uber Goes Right to Users' Phones When It Wants Lawmakers to Jump. Bloomberg Business, December 2015.
Lyft Revs Up in New York City. Wall Street Journal, November 2015.
Airbnb, Uber cast themselves as saviors of the middle class. San Francisco Chronicle, November 2015.
Airbnb Fights for Turf in Hometown San Francisco Housing Wars. Bloomberg Business, October 2015.
Politicians Turn to Start-Ups for Grasp of Gig Economy. The New York Times, October 2015.
This Israeli Ride-Sharing App Is the Utopian, Hippie Uber. Bloomberg Business, September 2015.
Airbnb's Brian Chesky has designs on China. USA Today, August 2015.
Employee vs. freelancer? Choice is based on outdated laws. San Francisco Chronicle, August 2015.
This Uber lawsuit could have big implications for the sharing economy. Fortune, August 2015.
The On-demand Economy Takes Workers for a Ride. TIME Magazine, July 2015.
Uber vs. Laws. Politico, July 2015.
Uber Won New York Fight, but Remains a Flashpoint in the Inequality Debate. Bloomberg, July 2015.
City Hall and Uber Clash in Struggle Over New York Streets. The New York Times, July 2015.
Why Uber Is An Easy Target For Politicians. The Huffington Post, July 2015.
Gigs with Benefits. The New Yorker, June 2015.
HopSkipDrive, a Ride Start-Up for the After-School Set. The New York Times, June 2015.
Uber and the Not-Quite-Independent Contractor. Bloomberg View, June 2015.
California's Stand on Behalf of Uber Drivers. The Atlantic, June 2015.
Uber driver an employee, California Labor Commission rules. The San Francisco Chronicle, June 2015.
Washington Scrutinizes the Sharing Economy. The New York Times, June 2015.
Uber and Airbnb urge watchdog to back off. The Financial Times, June 2015.
Wallets Over Ballots. TIME Magazine, May 2015.
Meet The Congressional Sharing Economy Caucus. Forbes, May 2015.
Report Finds Airbnb May Contribute to San Francisco Housing Woes. TIME Magazine, May 2015.
Worker Survey Reveals Challenges of Sharing Economy. San Francisco Chronicle, May 2015.
Communal living projects moving from hippie to mainstream. The Guardian, May 2015.
Sharing economy benefits lower income groups. The Financial Times, April 2015.
Amazon, Google and More Are Drawn to Home Services Market. The New York Times, April 2015.
Some TaskRabbit handymen can make $78,000 a year. WSJ/MarketWatch, April 2014.
There Are Good Reasons Why People Love to Sue Uber. Wired, March 2015.
The real promise of the ‘sharing economy’ is what it could do for the poor. The Washington Post, March 2015.
How The Sharing Economy Could Help The Poorest Among Us. Fast Company, March 2015.
Can Uber and Airbnb boost lower-income consumers? A new study says so. Mashable, March 2015.
Google Dips Its Toes in the World of Bricks-and-Mortar Stores. The Street, March 2015.
How Technology Turned Ideas Into a Part-Time Occupation. Variety, February, 2015.
What happens when Uber and Airbnb become their own regulators? The Washington Post, February 2015.
Robot Cars Wont Rescue Uber From Its Clash With Drivers.. Wired, February 2015.
Baby, You Can Drive My Car, and Do My Errands, and Rent My Stuff…. TIME Magazine (cover), February 2015.
Here's What The People Delivering Your Instacart Groceries Really Think. Huffington Post, February 2015.
Uber, A Rising Business Model That Could Change How You Work. The New York Times, January 2015.
What the Sharing Economy Takes. The Nation, January 2015.
Now we know how many drivers Uber has. The Washington Post, January 2015.
Trading Places, In Style. The New York Times, January 2015.
The sharing economy must share the risks. Financial Times, December 2014.
The Sharing-Economy PR Stunt That Turned Into a Real Business. Wired, December 2014.
An Uber Valuation Comes with Uber Problems. TechCrunch, December 2014.
Will Self-Regulation by Startups Suffice to Protect Consumers. TechRepublic, December 2014.
The complicated politics of Uber. MSNBC, December 2014.
How I Made — Instead of Spent — 26 Cents With a Mobile App. The New York Times, December 2014.
Airbnb has One Million Homes. Slate, December 2014.
The Sharing Economy and Taxes. Roll Call, December 2014.
Ubers not a $40 billion start-up. Its a mid-sized car company. The Washington Post, December 2014
As the faces of the peer-to-peer economy, Airbnb and Ubers cultures couldnt be more different. Pando Daily, December 2014.
The sharing economy 2.0. Entrepreneur Magazine, November 2014.
The Business Tycoons of Airbnb. The New York Times Magazine, November 2014.
Startup Gorilly is showroming without the showroom. USA Today, November 2014.
The Uber Economy: A platform for centre-left revival. Policy Network, October 2014
Hailo Hangs Up on U.S. App-Driven Taxi Service. The Wall Street Journal, October 2014
Who protects the workers powering the new sharing economy?. PBS NewsHour, October 2014.
A Visit to the Temple of Urban Progressive Leadership. Reason, October 2014.
Is the Traditional Taxicab an Endangered Species?. PBS NewsHour, October 2014.
The Sharing Economy Could Drive Down the Price of Mega-Events. The Atlantic (CityLab), September 2014.
Ride-sharing companies accused of misleading customers on safety. Los Angeles Times, September 2014.
Taxi Sharing Could Revolutionize New York Citys Transportation System. Newsweek, September 2014.
US federal action against payday loans picks up. CCTV, August 2014.
How Tech Companies Are Changing The Rules in NYC. Epoch Times, August 2014.
Flight-Share Deemed Illegal by FAA in Blow to AirPooler. Bloomberg, August 2014.
Can Technology Really Change Your Habits? Fast Company, August 2014.
It Takes a New Kind of Worker to Make "Instant" Happen. Re/code, August 2014.
The sharing economy's growing pains. Reuters, July 2014.
Ne prenons pas (tous) les scouts numeriques de l'economie collaborative pour de naifs altruistes. Slate, July 2014.
How Amazon Brought Publishing to Its Knees -- and Why Authors Might Be Next. Mashable, July 2014.
Recycle, Reuse, Reprofit. TIME Magazine, July 2014.
TaskRabbit makes some users hopping mad. San Francisco Chronicle, July 2014.
Is Uber Above the Law? Probably Not.. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, July 2014.
Uber's Brilliant Strategy to Make Itself Too Big To Ban. Wired, July 2014.
7 Ways Fashion Startups Can Become the Next Rent the Runway. Entrepreneur, June 2014.
A Victory for Airbnb in New York. The New York Times, May 2014.
Uber Isn't a Savior for Drivers Any More Than Amazon Is for Authors. Mashable, May 2014.
How Airbnb and Lyft Finally Got Americans to Trust Each Other. Wired, May 2014.
Change Habits, Change Your Behavior. Entrepreneur, April 2014.
Why we cant figure out how to regulate Airbnb. Washington Post, April 2014.
Airbnb Challenges New York Rental Probe Subpoena. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, April 2014.
How The Word Entrepreneur Got Too Popular For Its Own Good. Fast Company, April 2014.
Crowdfunding lures investors seeking stock over goggles. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, April 2014.
Last BRIC standing: Why analysts like India now CNBC, April 2014.
Experts Bullish on Citibike. The Wall Street Journal, March 2014
The Morning Download. The Wall Street Journal, March 2014
Uber Cab Confessions. GQ Magazine, March 2014
The future of Bitcoin uncertain. CBS News, February 2014
Digital doubts after Bitcoin debacle. Reuters, February 2014
Editors' Choice: Information and Freedom Science, January 2014
The sharing economy: would you get in a car with a stranger? The Guardian, January 2014
Congress takes a casual look at the peer-to-peer economy. Financial Times, January 2014
Why Does New York Hate the Sharing Economy? Bloomberg, January 2014
Hopes for Productivity Revival in Sharing Economy. San Francisco Chronicle, January 2014
The Ride-Sharing, Handbag-Borrowing Productivity Revival. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, December 2013
From Geek Street to Main Streets. CNet, November 2013
Rentals that let you fly the coop. The New York Times, October 2013.
When online upstarts rattle the playing field. Chicago Tribune, October 2013.
'Sharing economy' is here to stay. Los Angeles Times, September 2013.
California to regulate ride-sharing groups. Financial Times, September 2013.
Barcode Nation. Foreign Policy, September 2013.
Uber Alles. The New Yorker, September 2013.
What the Sharing Economy Needs is a Little Less Democracy. Wired, August 2013.
Startups want their fair share.Crain's New York Business, August 2013.
Icahn's Plans for Apple Unlikely to Help. Yahoo Finance, August 2013.
Study Now, Pay Later. The Village Voice, August 2013.
Sharing economy moves mainstream. San Jose Mercury News, August 2013.
Caveat Sharer. TIME Magazine, June 2013.
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Selected recent and forthcoming speaking engagements (back to top)
SXSW, Austin (March 2016)
World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting, Davos (January 2016)
Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas (January 2016) details
American Economic Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco (January 2016)
Federal Reserve Bank, Washington DC (January 2016)
Aspen Institute: The Future of Work, Washington DC (December 2015) video
Brookings Institute: Hamilton Project, Washington DC (December 2015) video
Chief Risk Office Assembly, Zurich (November 2015)
MSI Board of Trustees Meeting, Phoenix (November 2015) agenda
The Placemakers, San Francisco (November 2015) agenda
Marketing Outlook Forum, Philadelphia (October 2015)
NASSCOM Product Conclave, Bengaluru, India (October 2015)
White House Summit On Worker Voice, Washington DC (October 2015) highlights
TAP conference, New York (October 2015)
World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of New Champions, Dalian (September 2015) panel - press briefing - speakers
Richemont Innovation Day, New York (July 2015)
Kauffman Foundation New Entrepreneurial Growth Conference (June 2015)
CIO Summit, Center for Digital Transformation (June 2015)
Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC (June 2015)
Techonomy Policy, Washington DC (June 2015)
Annual Conference on Labor, NYU (June 2015)
Asian Leadership Conference, Seoul (May 2015)
OuiShare Fest, Paris (May 2015) details
British American Business Conference, New York (May 2015)
Zinc Shower, Madrid (May 2015)
Freelancer Summit, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (April 2015)
NYU Abu Dhabi (April 2015)
PACH Summit, New York (March 2015)
Young Presidents' Organization, New York (March 2015)
Workshop on Complex Networks (March 2015) details
Leadership in the Digital Age, UC Irvine (March 2015) details
Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta (March 2015) details
NBER Economics of Digitization Workshop, Stanford University (March 2015) program summary
The Economist: Buttonwood Gathering, New York City (February 2015)
L2 Clicks and Mortar Summit, New York (January 2015)
Princeton University (January 2015)
Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, Washington DC (December 2014) details podcast
NY Sharing Economy Meetup, New York City (November 2014) details
National League of Cities Annual Congress, Austin (November 2014) details
CDO Executive Summit, New York City (November 2014) details
Digital Labor Conference, New York City (November 2014) details
L2 Innovation Forum, New York City (November 2014) agenda
INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco (November 2014) award
Google, Inc., Mountain View (November 2014)
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh (October 2014)
World Economic Forum (October 2014)
Crowd Companies Summit, New York City (October 2014)
PIVOT Conference, New York City (October 2014) details
CityLab: Urban Solutions to Global Challenges, Los Angeles (September 2014) details watch my panel
Techonomy Detroit (September 2014) details watch my panel
SOCAP14, San Francisco (September 2014) watch my panel
Seoul Metropolitan Government Summit (September 2014)
The Public Society, New York City (August 2014)
NYU Stern Launch, New York City (August 2014) details
Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC (July 2014)
Microsoft Faculty Summit, Seattle (July 2014) details
Recontres Economiques d'Aix-en-Provence (July 2014) details watch read edited talk published by Le Monde
La French Touch Conference (June 2014) details
Northside Festival, Willamsburg (June 2014) details
Collaborative-Peer-Sharing-Economy Summit, New York City (May 2014) details - summary 1 - summary 2
SHARE Conference, San Francisco (May 2014) details
OECD Forum, Paris (May 2014) watch summary
OuiShare Fest, Paris (May 2014) watch my keynote
Northside Innovation Forum, New York City (April 2014)
Piper Jaffray Technology/Media Investor Conference, New York City (March 2014)
Social Media Week, New York City (February 2014) details
US House of Representatives, Washington DC (January 2014) written testimony watch
The Digital Future of Higher Education (November 2013) summary
Techonomy 2013, Tucson (November 2013)
Cyberposium 2013, Harvard Business School (November 2013)
Economic Sociology Workshop, NYU (October 2013) summary
Shared Use Mobility Summit, UC Berkeley (October 2013)
Federal Reserve, San Francisco (October 2013)
L2 Clinic: Digital Influence, New York City (September 2013) view: AOL on Tech
NYU Stern Launch, New York City (August 2013) view on YouTube
Microsoft Research, New York City (August 2013)
Center for Urban Science+Progress, New York City (July 2013)
US Conference of Mayors, Las Vegas (June 2013)
ZEW Workshop on Social Network Formation and Peer Effects, Mannheim (June 2013)
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Brief bio (back to top)
Arun Sundararajan is Professor and the Robert L. and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He is also an affiliated faculty member at NYU's Center for Urban Science+Progress, and at NYU's Center for Data Science.
Professor Sundararajan's research program studies how digital technologies transform business and society. Some of his current and recent research focuses on the governance of digital spaces, collaborative consumption and the sharing economy, social media and cities, digital institutions, contagion in networks, privacy strategy, pricing in digital markets and managing online piracy. He has published over 50 scientific papers in peer-reviewed academic journals and conferences, and has given more than 200 invited talks at industry, government and academic forums internationally. His research has been recognized by six Best Paper awards, two Google Faculty awards, and a variety of other grants. He has served on numerous editorial boards for scholarly journals. He has provided expert input about the crowd-based sharing economy as part of Congressional testimony and to a variety of city, state and federal government agencies, including the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the National Economic Council and the Federal Trade Commission.
His op-eds and expert commentary have appeared in TIME Magazine, the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Guardian, the Washington Post, Le Monde, El Pais, Wired, TechCrunch, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and Harvard Business Review, and on Al Jazeera, BBC News, Bloomberg, CNN, CNBC, Fox, NPR, PBS and a variety of non-English language TV networks. He has served as Director of NYU Stern's IS Doctoral Program since 2007, is one of the founders of the Workshop on Information in Networks, is a member of the City of New York's Technology Advisory Group, is on the Scientific Advisory Board for Cisco Systems, and is an advisor to OuiShare, the Center for Global Enterprise, and the National League of Cities. He holds degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and the University of Rochester. Follow him on Twitter @digitalarun
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Directions to my office (back to top)
(I frequently email some variant of the text in the following paragraph to my visitors and am reproducing it here for convenience. If you do want to visit me, please don't simply show up and knock on my door. Rather, make sure we have been in touch to schedule a meeting time first, or contact Sharon Kim. For interview requests and other media inquiries, contact Rika Nazem (212-998-0678) or Jessica Neville (416-516-7677) in the NYU Stern Office of Public Affairs.)
Stern office: The Kaufman Management Center is the building on the right when you face Gould Plaza, at the intersection of West 4th Street and Greene Street. Once you get past the security desk, take the elevators to the 8th floor. Turn left when you exit the elevators, walk down the corridor and through the glass door marked 8-190, veer to the right of the reception desk, walk past a set of mailboxes, then turn left around the corner into an area that looks a lot less new and shiny than the area you just walked through. I'm in 8-90, the corner office that has the door with a large printout of this on it, and adjoins a small waiting area with a big book about big data on a small table.
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