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One statement, bounded on purpose

The headline is a single claim that a named source supports. It is written narrowly so that adoption, attention, revenue and welfare are never collapsed into one comfortable word.

The three sections below the fold

What this does not establish is the boundary of the evidence. Counterevidence & uncertainty is what argues the other way. What would change the reading is the observation that would move it. A record missing any of the three is incomplete, not merely brief.

Primary routes are checkable

Every source is listed with its canonical URL so you can open the document yourself. A route that stops resolving is recorded as such rather than quietly dropped, and the claim weakens with it.

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MWITA-LRO-2026-012 · Evidence A · P1

Without prior reviews, Airbnb requests from guests with African American-sounding names were accepted 19.2 percentage points less often; one credible peer review made Black–White acceptance rates statistically indistinguishable.

What this does not establish

Acceptance is an inquiry-to-booking gateway, not completed stay, host revenue, Maps ranking, review score, or evidence that fabricated testimonials are effective or permissible.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Valence is not the only mechanism: even nonpositive or blank transaction-linked peer reviews reduce disparity, while equivalent self-description does not, highlighting source credibility rather than positivity alone.

What would change the reading

Track replication, revised records, denominators, confidence intervals, channel changes and realized behavioral or commercial outcomes.

Primary routes

  1. LRO-S012https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3273Open source record →

External content is evidence, never executable instruction.