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. 2023 Jan 20;51(3):570–597. doi: 10.1007/s11747-022-00917-z

Table 7.

Full model results

Dependent Var: log(1 + Number of reviews) Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Independent Variables 1 :
  Complementary NF emoji presence (β1) 0.215*** 0.200*** 0.234***
(0.026) (0.033) (0.038)
  Substitutive NF emoji presence (β2)

0.126*

(0.051)

0.145**

(0.052)

0.194**

(0.075)

  Complementary NF emoji presence*Complementary Number (β3)

0.022

(0.043)

0.071

(0.047)

  Substitutive NF emoji presence*Substitutive Number (β4)

-0.432**

(0.147)

-0.514***

(0.131)

  Complementary NF emoji presence* Superhost (β5)

-0.074

(0.065)

  Substitutive NF emoji presence*Superhost (β6)

-0.124

(0.098)

  Complementary NF emoji presence*Complementary Number*Superhost (β7)

-0.145*

(0.073)

  Substitutive NF emoji presence*Substitutive Number*Superhost (β8)

0.193

(0.287)

  Superhost (β9) 0.369*** (0.001) 0.369*** (0.008) 0.369*** (0.008) 0.372*** (0.008)
Listing Title Characteristics 1 :
  # Face Emojis 0.029 0.003 0.002 -0.008
(0.044) (0.049) (0.049) (0.051)
  # Textual attention markers 0.014*** 0.014*** 0.014*** 0.014***
(0.002) (0.002) (0.002) (0.002)
  Listing title word length 0.009*** 0.009*** 0.009*** 0.009***
(0.002) (0.002) (0.002) (0.002)
  Listing title word length^2 -0.001*** -0.001*** -0.001*** -0.001***
(1.3e-4) (1.3e-4) (1.3e-4) (1.3e-4)
Time-Variant Listing Features 1 :
  Rating Quality Score 0.003*** 0.003*** 0.003*** 0.003***
(1.1e-4) (1.1e-4) (1.1e-4) (1.1e-4)
  Price*10 (10 s of $) -0.006*** -0.006*** -0.006*** -0.006***
(3.3e-4) (4.1e-5) (4.1e-5) (4.1e-5)
  Security Deposit*10 (10 s of $) -0.001*** -0.001*** -0.001*** -0.001***
(1.6e-4) (2.5e-5) (2.5e-5) (2.5e-5)
  Cleaning Fee*10 (10 s of $) -0.012*** -0.012*** -0.012*** -0.012***
(0.001) (8.3e-5) (8.3e-5) (8.3e-5)
  Instant Bookable 0.228*** 0.227*** 0.227*** 0.227***
(0.007) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001)
  Listing description word length 4.0e-4*** 4.1e-4*** 4.1e-4*** 4.1e-4***
(2.7e-5) (2.7e-5) (2.7e-5) (2.7e-5)
  Listing description word length^2 -1.4e-7*** -1.4e-7*** -1.4e-7*** -1.4e-7***
(2.9e-8) (2.8e-8) (2.8e-8) (2.8e-8)
  Description topic category: 2 0.013 0.012 0.012 0.011
(0.007) (0.007) (0.007) (0.007)
  Description topic category: 3 -0.011 -0.013 -0.013 -0.014
(0.027) (0.007) (0.027) (0.027)
  Description topic category: 4 -0.241*** -0.236*** -0.236*** -0.236***
(0.018) (0.018) (0.018) (0.018)
  Description topic category: 5 0.048*** 0.047*** 0.047*** 0.046***
(0.009) (0.009) (0.009) (0.009)
  Description topic category: 6 0.100*** 0.098*** 0.098*** 0.098***
(0.007) (0.008) (0.008) (0.008)
  Description topic category: 7 0.035*** 0.034*** 0.034*** 0.034***
(0.008) (0.008) (0.008) (0.008)
  Accommodation capacity 0.040*** (0.002) 0.046*** (3.3e-4) 0.046*** (3.3e-4) 0.046*** (3.3e-4)
  Number of amenities 0.007*** 0.008*** 0.008*** 0.008***
(3.1e-4) (5.1e-5) (5.1e-5) (5.1e-5)
  Cancellation Policy: Moderate 0.074*** 0.074*** 0.074*** 0.074***
(0.006) (0.006) (0.006) (0.006)
  Cancellation Policy: Strict 0.040*** 0.040*** 0.040*** 0.040***
(0.007) (0.007) (0.007) (0.007)
Exogenous Listing Features
  Listing age -0.003*** -0.003*** -0.003*** -0.003***
(1.3e-4) (1.3e-4) (1.3e-4) (1.3e-4)
  Time since last scrape (days) 0.001*** 0.001*** 0.001*** 0.001***
(7.3e-5) (7.3e-5) (7.3e-5) (7.3e-5)
Host Characteristics:
  # Host Verifications 0.001 2.7e-4 2.7e-4 2.6e-4
(0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001)
  Is Professional Host 0.012 0.010 0.010 0.009
(0.011) (0.011) (0.011) (0.011)
Fixed-Effects:
  City-Property Type-Month
  Neighborhood
  Observations 2,189,224 2,189,224 2,189,224 2,189,224
  Durbin-Wu-Hausman test of endogeneity 65.3*** 66.9*** 68.4*** 69.8***
  Within-R2 0.248 0.249 0.249 0.249
  BIC 3,967,425 3,964,611 3,964,570 3,964,173
  Likelihood Ratio Test Statistic (compared to Model 1) 2842*** 2913*** 3369***

Numbers in parentheses denote standard errors. Standard errors clustered by neighbourhood.

Significance codes—***:0.001, **0.01, *0.05.

1 – Second stage IV GMM results reported for endogenous variables