Sustainability of the sharing economy in question: When second-hand peer-to-peer platforms stimulate indulgent consumption

The sharing economy has recently gained momentum among managers, public policy makers and academics as a great opportunity to boost sustainable consumption through sharing or selling durables or semi-durables. The present paper contributes to this debate by investigating the propensity of consumers to give in to temptation on second-hand peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms, which provide a favorable context for self-licensing behaviors. A survey was...