Virtual economies :design and analysis /
Lehdonvirta, Vili.
Virtual economies :design and analysis / Vili Lehdonvirta and Edward Castronova. - USA MIT press c2014. - 294 pages ; 24 cm - Information policy .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-279) and index.
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.
9780262027250 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2013037348
Electronic games.
Shared virtual environments--Economic aspects.
Virtual reality--Economic aspects.
Computer-aided design.
GV1469.15.L44 2014
794.8
Virtual economies :design and analysis / Vili Lehdonvirta and Edward Castronova. - USA MIT press c2014. - 294 pages ; 24 cm - Information policy .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-279) and index.
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.
9780262027250 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2013037348
Electronic games.
Shared virtual environments--Economic aspects.
Virtual reality--Economic aspects.
Computer-aided design.
GV1469.15.L44 2014
794.8