% ========================================================================== \section{Variable Definitions} \label{sec:app_variables} % ========================================================================== Table~\ref{tab:app_variables} defines every variable used in the paper and indicates whether it comes from a structured field of the scrape or is parsed from the card title. \begin{table}[!htbp] \centering \caption{Variable Definitions} \label{tab:app_variables} \begin{threeparttable} \small \begin{tabular}{p{4.1cm}p{8.3cm}l} \toprule Variable & Definition & Source \\ \midrule \multicolumn{3}{l}{\textit{Dependent variable}} \\ $\ln p$ & Natural log of the displayed price (CAD), winsorised at the 1st/99th percentiles of the priced sample & field \\ \midrule \multicolumn{3}{l}{\textit{Structural}} \\ $\ln$ bedrooms & Log of the bedroom count; studios recoded to one & field, title \\ $\ln(1+\text{bathrooms})$ & Log of one plus the bathroom count; zeros repaired from the title; half bath $= 0.5$ & field, title \\ $\ln$ guests & Log of the guest capacity (minimum one) & field \\ Shared bathroom & 1 if the title reads ``shared bath'' & title \\ Studio & 1 if the title reads ``Studio'' & title \\ Title category & Six classes of the 44 host-chosen labels (reference: Rental unit) & title \\ \midrule \multicolumn{3}{l}{\textit{Presentation}} \\ $\ln(1+\text{amenities})$ & Log of one plus the number of amenities listed & field \\ $\ln(1+\text{photos})$ & Log of one plus the number of photos & field \\ Pets allowed & 1 if pets are allowed & field \\ \midrule \multicolumn{3}{l}{\textit{Host and reputation}} \\ Superhost & 1 if the host holds the Superhost badge & field \\ Guest Favourite & 1 if the listing holds the Guest Favourite badge & field \\ $\ln(1+\text{reviews})$ & Log of one plus the number of reviews & field \\ Rated & 1 if a star rating is displayed (0 for ``New'' and unrated cards) & title \\ Rating $-$ 4.8 & Displayed rating minus 4.8, set to zero for unrated listings & title \\ \midrule \multicolumn{3}{l}{\textit{Location}} \\ $\ln(1+\text{km to centre})$ & Log of one plus the great-circle distance (km) to the nearest of 22 reference municipalities & coordinates \\ $\ln(1+\text{listings within 1 km})$ & Log of one plus the number of other priced listings within 1~km & coordinates \\ Montreal & 1 if the municipality is Montreal & field \\ City / cell fixed effects & Indicator for the municipality (if $\geq 15$ listings) or for one of 25 $k$-means cells of the remaining listings & field, coordinates \\ \midrule \multicolumn{3}{l}{\textit{Regime classification}} \\ $\hat p_i$ & Posterior probability of the stay-price regime from Equation~\eqref{eq:mixture} & estimated \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \begin{tablenotes} \footnotesize \item \textit{Notes:} ``Field'' denotes a structured field of the scrape; ``title'' denotes a value parsed from the listing-card title. The scraper's price category, rating category and composite quality score are not used. \end{tablenotes} \end{threeparttable} \end{table} % ========================================================================== \section{Additional Results} \label{sec:app_results} % ========================================================================== Table~\ref{tab:app_stay_logit} reports a logistic regression of the mixture classification on listing characteristics, estimated on the full priced sample, which describes the profile of listings whose displayed price is a stay price. Table~\ref{tab:app_vif} reports variance inflation factors for the M4 regressors. \begin{table}[!htbp] \centering \caption{Which Listings Display a Stay Price? Logistic Regression of the Regime Classification} \label{tab:app_stay_logit} \begin{threeparttable} \small \input{../results/tables/rev_stay_logit.tex} \begin{tablenotes} \footnotesize \item \textit{Notes:} Dependent variable: 1 if the listing is classified in the stay regime ($\hat p_i \geq 0.5$). Robust (HC1) standard errors. Average marginal effects are averaged over the sample. Reference title category: Rental unit. ***, ** and * denote significance at the 1, 5 and 10\% levels. \end{tablenotes} \end{threeparttable} \end{table} \begin{table}[!htbp] \centering \caption{Variance Inflation Factors, Specification M4} \label{tab:app_vif} \begin{threeparttable} \small \input{../results/tables/rev_vif.tex} \begin{tablenotes} \footnotesize \item \textit{Notes:} Variance inflation factors computed on the M4 design matrix (analysis sample, $N = 2{,}480$). Values below 5 indicate that collinearity among the capacity variables does not compromise the precision of the estimates. \end{tablenotes} \end{threeparttable} \end{table}