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

MUD

Material regarding Multi User Domains/Dungeons and similar - massively multi-user text-based systems.

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Unpublished manuscript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

Designing Virtual Worlds

Author(s): 
Bartle, Richard
Year: 
2003
Publication information: 
Indianapolis: New Riders.
URL: 
http://www.mud.co.uk/dvw/

Developing a Virtual Reality for the Simulation of Agent Based Economic Models

Author(s): 
Grimm, Thomas, and Mitlöhner, Johann
Year: 
1995
Publication information: 
Unpublished manuscript
URL: 
http://www.mud.co.uk/dvw/developingavr.html

MUD Money: A Talk on Virtual Value and, Incidentally, the Value of the Virtual

Author(s): 
Dibbell, Julian
Year: 
1995
Publication information: 
Presented at Stages of the Virtual conference, April 1995.
URL: 
http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/mudmoney.html