News, research and discussion on virtual goods, currencies and economies globally.

Case description

Description of a virtual economy such as the internal economy of a game, virtual world etc.

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

Living in ‘Multiple Spaces’: MMORPGS and their Business Implications

Author(s): 
Berry, J.; Papagiannidis, S.
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
In: Pagani, M, ed. Encyclopedia of multimedia technology and networking. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference, 2007.

Live music and performances in a virtual world.

Author(s): 
Bourlakis, M., Papagiannidis, S., Fox, H.
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
In T. Kautonen & H. Karjaluoto (Eds.), Trust and New Technologies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing

Game Design on Item-selling Based Payment Model in Korean Online Games

Author(s): 
Oh, Gyuhwan and Ryu Taiyoung
Year: 
2007
Publication information: 
Proceedings of DiGRA 2007: Situated Play. Tokyo: The University of Tokyo, September, 2007. Pp. 650-657.
URL: 
http://www.digra.org/dl/db/07312.20080.pdf

Banking in Second Life: Marketing Opportunities and Repercussions

Author(s): 
Papagiannidis, Savvas; Bourlakis, Michael; Vafopoulos, Michalis
Year: 
2007
Publication information: 
Paper presented at the 1st Biannual International Conference: Strategic Developments in Services Marketing, September 27-29, Chios.

Making real money in virtual worlds: MMORPGs and emerging business opportunities, challenges and ethical implications in metaver

Author(s): 
Papagiannidis, Savvas; Bourlakis, Michael; Li, Feng
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Technological Forecasting and Social Change 75, 610-622.
URL: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2007.04.007

Play Between Worlds

Author(s): 
Taylor, T.L.
Year: 
2006
Publication information: 
MIT Press
URL: 
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10770

Play Money

Author(s): 
Dibbell, Julian
Year: 
2006
Publication information: 
New York: Basic Books
URL: 
http://www.juliandibbell.com/playmoney/

Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games

Author(s): 
Castronova, Edward
Year: 
2005
Publication information: 
University Of Chicago Press.

Virtual Worlds, Real Damages: The Odd Case of American Hero, the Greatest Horse that May Have Lived

Author(s): 
Archinaco, Jason A.
Year: 
2006
Publication information: 
Unpublished manuscript
URL: 
http://ssrn.com/abstract=905043