# Professor Arun Sundararajan's joint research on ridesharing is referenced

1 Faculty News September 12, 2016 ![Fast Co.Exist logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032575.jpg?itok=46MrQdwv)>

Excerpt from [Fast Co.Exist](https://www.fastcoexist.com/3063553/how-to-make-the-sharing-economy-more-inclusive) -- "Research by N.Y.U. researchers Samuel Fraiberger and [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) last year found that ride-sharing has a 'disproportionately positive effect on lower-income consumers' mostly because poorer groups are more likely to switch from owning to renting."

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