TY - BOOK AU - Hausemer,Pierre AU - Rzepecka, Julia AU - Dragulin, Marius AU - Vitiello, Simone AU - Rabuel,Lison AU - Nunu, Madalina AU - Rodriguez Diaz, Adriana AU - Psaila, Emma AU - Fiorentini, Sara AU - Gysen, Sara AU - Meeusen, Tim AU - Quaschning, Simon AU - Dunne, Allison. AU - Grinevich, Vadim AU - Huber, Franz AU - Baines, Linda ED - Comisión Europea. ED - VVA ED - Milieu ED - GFK TI - Exploratory study of consumer issues in online peer-to-peer platform markets: task 1 report SN - 978-92-79-69180-5 PY - 2017/// CY - Luxemburgo PB - Oficina de Publicaciones KW - Comercio electrónico KW - economía colaborativa KW - bienes y servicios KW - política de los consumidores KW - transacción financiera KW - protección de datos KW - alquiler KW - computación en nube KW - bien de ocasión KW - Derecho nacional KW - protección del consumidor KW - responsabilidad KW - venta KW - Estado miembro UE N1 - Bibliografía: pág. 109-117 N2 - The objective of Task 1 is to provide an indication of the economic importance of the five P2P markets analysed in the study, as well as the different P2P business models used. These objectives are met by analysing the services and characteristics of 485 P2P platforms based in the EU and Norway, operationalising the Task 2 survey results and through a review of secondary data and publications. Consumer protection issues are particularly important considering that P2P platforms have developed considerably in recent years: 52% of the platforms in the sample (252) were created in or after 2010. According to the academic literature, the recent increase in P2P transactions is due to P2P market advantages such as lower prices, increased access to goods or environmental concerns. 81% of the platforms in the sample are small or medium-sized (below 10,000 daily visitors), and the literature suggests that P2P markets will continue to grow in the near future UR - http://publications.europa.eu/publication/manifestation_identifier/PUB_DS0117529ENN UR - https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2838/7661 ER -