Journal of Iranian Economic Issues

Journal of Iranian Economic Issues

Designing, evaluating and optimizing a Trust-Building Mechanism for the Development of the Sharing Accommodation in IRAN

Document Type : Scientific-research

Authors
1 Ph.D student in Economics, Department of Economics, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
2 yazd University
3 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.
10.30465/ce.2025.51423.2022
Abstract
One of the solutions to provide conditions for the low-income groups to use the benefits of tourism is the development of sharing accommodation and online sharing accommodation platforms. Sharing accommodation is one of the most important types of sharing economy, which is an emerging phenomenon in Iran. The essential element of the growth and sustainability of sharing accommodation is "trust". Nowadays, online sharing accommodation platforms offer mechanisms to overcome trust problems, which are known as "trust-building mechanisms". These mechanisms are a solution of mechanism design theory to solve trust problems and overcome information asymmetry between market parties. The purpose of this research is to use game theory and mechanism design theory to designing, evaluating and optimizing a new trust-building mechanisms in online sharing accommodation platforms in Iran. In this regard, after designing and evaluating a trust-building mechanism, the proposed mechanism is optimized using Pareto analytical solutions designed based on bargaining models. In this method, in order to optimize the income of participants in the mechanism designed by mechanism design theory, the optimal state of the proposed mechanism under conditions where negotiation and bargaining are possible is identified using two methods: "Nash Arbitration Scheme" and "Kalai-Smorodinsky Solution".
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  • Receive Date 15 March 2025
  • Revise Date 09 May 2025
  • Accept Date 15 May 2025