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Based on a set of data from the housing market, an empirical evaluation is developed with an econometric approach on the statistical significance of the critical aspects mentioned by the literature on the financialization of housing to assess their impact on the price for Greater Santiago between 2009 and 2019. The results indicate that there is a statistical significance between housing price formation and financial elements such as mortgage interest rates, housing loans or shares in the stock market of real estate companies, among others. These results are spatially interpreted and developed in cartographies that seek to identify the places in the city where these findings are best expressed and the neighborhoods with the greatest spatial representativeness of the variables are identified. A north-south corridor of financialization associated with hospital infrastructure, retail development and major road infrastructure investment is identified. Using the ordinary least squares method and spatial autocorrelation, the article validates the more qualitative discourses of the financialization problem and visualizes the sectors of the city where this phenomenon has the greatest impact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The sharing economy is a controversial concept built around the advancement of information and communication technologies, digital platforms, and the exchange (usually occasional and for a limited time) of underused assets between suppliers and consumers. Airbnb, the leading digital platform connecting hosts with guests, argues that its activities respond to this new economic model, especially the service of shared rental housing. This article, based on the treatment and refinement of different statistical and cartographic sources: (1) broadens the base of empirical evidence on Airbnb's activities in a medium-sized European city like Bilbao; and (2) analyses what Airbnb's offer in Bilbao tells us about the degree to which Airbnb contributes to the sharing economy. The analysis clearly shows that ‘home sharing’ is relevant, but the commercial offer is also highly significant, although geographically uneven, in the way that the platform operates in the city. Digital platforms are an increasingly relevant part of tourist accommodation activities worldwide, and it is, therefore, necessary to go deeper into the debate on the relationship between platforms and the sharing economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The sharing economy is a controversial concept built around the advancement of information and communication technologies, digital platforms, and the exchange (usually occasional and for a limited time) of underused assets between suppliers and consumers. Airbnb, the leading digital platform connecting hosts with guests, argues that its activities respond to this new economic model, especially the service of shared rental housing. This article, based on the treatment and refinement of different statistical and cartographic sources: (1) broadens the base of empirical evidence on Airbnb's activities in a medium-sized European city like Bilbao; and (2) analyses what Airbnb's offer in Bilbao tells us about the degree to which Airbnb contributes to the sharing economy. The analysis clearly shows that ‘home-sharing’ is relevant, but the commercial offer is also highly significant, although geographically uneven, in the way that the platform operates in the city. Digital platforms are an increasingly relevant part of tourist accommodation activities worldwide, and it is, therefore, necessary to go deeper into the debate on the relationship between platforms and the sharing economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]