Mendieta Aragón, AdriánRodríguez Fernández, LauraNavío Marco, Julio2024-10-282024-10-282024Adrián Mendieta-Aragón, Laura Rodríguez-Fernández, Julio Navío-Marco, Tourism usage of digital collaborative economy platforms in Europe: Situation, behaviours, and implications for the digital policies, Telecommunications Policy, 2024, 102874, ISSN 0308-5961, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2024.1028740308-5961https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102874https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/24135The registered version of this article, first published in “Telecommunications Policy, 2024, 102874,", is available online at the publisher's website: Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102874 La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “Telecommunications Policy, 2024, 102874,", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102874This study analyses how the intensity of the use of digital sharing economy platforms has evolved in the European Union in recent years, including during the pandemic, and whether there are differences between European regions. In the digital field, work has begun on regulations and public policies that coexist with different policies in the regions and municipalities. Using spatial econometric techniques, this study provides a comparative analysis of space and time that identifies regional inequalities in terms of the intensity of demand for accommodations offered on digital sharing economy platforms. In particular, different clusters of high-intensity collaborative tourism were detected, and spatial spillover effects and interdependencies between European regions in collaborative tourism were recognised, identifying a positive spatial autocorrelation in the intensity rate of collaborative tourism. The effect of tourist destination saturation on the use of accommodation on these platforms was also observed. Several digital public policy implications were discussed, promoting regulatory coordination at the interregional and pan-European levels to avoid inequalities and imbalances across Europe.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess53 Ciencias EconómicasartículoDigital tourismPlatforms' economyDigital policiesEuropean regionsSharingESDASpatial models