Virtual economies : design and analysis / Vili Lehdonvirta and Edward Castronova.

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Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2014.
Online Access:
Main Author:
Lehdonvirta, Vili
Other Authors:
Castronova, Edward
Series:Information policy series.
Subjects:
Video games.
Shared virtual environments > Economic aspects.
Virtual reality > Economic aspects.
Computer-aided design.
Format: Electronic eBook
Virtual economies : design and analysis /
Table of Contents:
  • Series foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Theories of human behavior
  • Goods : material, digital, virtual types of goods
  • Supply and demand
  • Regulating markets
  • Market power and pricing
  • Methods of exchange
  • Externalities and secondary market trade
  • Institutions and non-market allocation
  • Money
  • Macroeconomic design
  • Macroeconomic management
  • Policy making
  • Why the real world needs virtual economy design
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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