[VERN] Introductions

[Vili Lehdonvirta]

Ben, welcome! Value creation in virtual property is one of my key  
points of interests as well, and valuation models is one way of  
approaching the issue. Securitization sounds very interesting, are  
you aware of any serious practical attempts?

All the best,
-- Vili

On 28 Sep 2006, at 16:20, Ben Gimpert wrote:

> Hello VERN,
>
> My name is Ben Gimpert and I'm a student at London Business School in
> their finance programme.  I've been interested in virtual worlds and
> gaming most of my life, and focus my studies on valuation models of
> virtual commodities, RM securitization, and virtual market regulation.
>
> 		Cheers,
> 		Ben
>
>
>> This is the first post to the Virtual Economy Research Network email
>> discussion list. At the moment, almost all of the list members are
>> East Asian and Finnish researchers whom I know personally. Welcome  
>> all!
>>
>> You might want to post a short introduction of yourself for others.
>> Here is mine:
>>
>> My name is Vili Lehdonvirta and I am a researcher at Helsinki
>> Institute for Information Technology, Finland. I am interested in the
>> societal impact of real-money trade of virtual property - to what
>> extent can it substitute physical consumption.
>>
>
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