'#Sharing with minimal #regulation? Evidence from neighborhood book exchange' by Anouk Schippers and Adriaan Soetevent is April's #OpenAccess publication in the spotlight.
Their study shows that peer-to-peer book exchanges, like little free #libraries, experience minimal free riding due to strong #SocialNorms among users, with a return rate of 9 #books for every 10 taken.
My counter-critique of anti-smartphone screeds of recent years: If you feel like our devices are isolating us from each other, maybe the real problem is that you aren’t as interesting as my phone.