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Economic analysis

Economic analysis of a virtual economy, a secondary market or some other system

Reciprocity and status in a virtual field experiment

Author(s): 
Nicklisch, Andreas and Salz, Tobias
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Bonn, Germany, 2008/37
URL: 
http://www.coll.mpg.de/pdf_dat/2008_37online.pdf

Current Analysis and Future Research Agenda on "Gold Farming"

Author(s): 
Heeks, Richard
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Development informatics working paper No. 32, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester
URL: 
http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/research/publications/wp/di/di_wp32.htm

A Test of the Law of Demand in a Virtual World: Exploring the Petri Dish Approach to Social Science

Author(s): 
Castronova, Edward
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2355
URL: 
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1173642

Macroeconomic Indicators in a Virtual Economy

Author(s): 
Lehtiniemi, Tuukka
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Master's thesis, University of Helsinki, 17 March 2008.
URL: 
https://oa.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/37870/macroeco.pdf

Simple Economics of Real-Money Trading in Online Games

Author(s): 
Huhh, Jun-Sok
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Working paper, last revised May 7.
URL: 
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1089307

Pricing models and Motivations for MMO play

Author(s): 
Nojima, Miho
Year: 
2007
Publication information: 
Proceedings of DiGRA 2007: Situated Play. Tokyo: The University of Tokyo, September, 2007. Pp. 672-681.
URL: 
http://www.digra.org/dl/db/07311.40164.pdf

Transactions of Virtual Items in Virtual Worlds

Author(s): 
Passman, Michael H.
Year: 
2007
Publication information: 
18 ALB. L.J. SCI. & TECH. (forthcoming Dec. 2007)

Real Money Trade Model in Virtual Economies

Author(s): 
Starodoumov, Arseni
Year: 
2005
Publication information: 
Master’s Thesis at Stockholm School of Economics Institute of International Business (IIB)
URL: 
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=958286

Effects of Real-Money Trading on MMOG Demand: A Network Externality Based Explanation

Author(s): 
Huhh, Jun-Sok
Year: 
2006
Publication information: 
Unpublished manuscript
URL: 
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=943368

Synthetic Economies and the Social Question

Author(s): 
Castronova, Edward
Year: 
2005
Publication information: 
Working Paper Series
URL: 
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=782826