The Economic Penalty of Terrorism: Increase in Discrimination Against Arabs and Muslims after Paris Attacks
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14 Oct 2020
16:00-17:30, Online
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CREST / ENSAE
Abstract: Economic transactions on online peer-to-peer platforms depend on buyers and sellers revealing personal information to facilitate exchanges with the unintended consequence that the information may become a source for discrimination. Using original panel data we show evidence of substantial discrimination against Arab/Muslim hosts in Airbnb’s online.
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