SHARING ECONOMY: EVALUATING ITS STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS FOR POLICY DESIGN PURPOSES
SHARING ECONOMY: EVALUATING ITS STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS FOR POLICY DESIGN PURPOSES

Summary/Abstract: The current rising in economic polarization maintains an elevated interest for the social and ethical dimensions of the economy. As such, the new modes of wealth creation and redistribution derived from the digital revolution impose themselves as important premises and solutions to old and persistent economic and ethical problems. Sharing economy is a new concept covering recent structural changes of the contemporary economy resulting from the spread of new digital technologies. In order to reach a better understanding of the process of conveying towards such a type of economy we have conveniently distinguished four dimensions of the phenomenon. First of all we classify the economic nature of sharing economy. Following this we try to explain the technology conditions rendering it possible. Thirdly, we confront the controversial present day ethical aspects of the topic and last but not least, we attempt to elaborate on the issues surrounding the emergence of such a comprehensive potential new development model in view of a research-based policy assessment. As such, we have interrogated the academic debate over the sharing economy which is reflected in the controversy surrounding the regulation policy of these atypical economic relations. Though we endeavor to investigate as much as possible the endogenous, Romanian perspective of the topic, in all the above mentioned layers, it is precisely this fourth dimension of our research that gives it a domestic consistency.

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