Virtual economies : design and analysis /

How the basic concepts of economics--including markets, institutions, and money--can be used to create and analyze economies based on virtual goods.In the twenty-first-century digital world, virtual goods are sold for real money. Digital game players happily pay for avatars, power-ups, and other gam...

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Main Author:	Lehdonvirta, Vili
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. INFORMATION SCIENCE/Internet Studies GAME STUDIES/General ECONOMICS/General Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book