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Virtual economies : design and analysis /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lehdonvirta, Vili
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Castronova, Edward
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2014.
Series:Information policy series.
Subjects:
Electronic games.
Shared virtual environments > Economic aspects.
Virtual reality > Economic aspects.
Computer-aided design.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.