Virtual economies
Subtitle: design and analysis
By: Vili Lehdonvirta and Edward Castronova
Contributors: Castronova, Edward
Series: Information policy; Information policy series
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780262535069; 9780262027250
Subjects: Economic aspects; Virtual reality; Shared virtual environments; Computer-aided design; Electronic games
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.
Table of contents: title: Series foreword; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: Theories of human behavior; title: Goods : material, digital, virtual types of goods; title: Supply and demand; title: Regulating markets; title: Market power and pricing; title: Methods of exchange; title: Externalities and secondary market trade; title: Institutions and non-market allocation; title: Money; title: Macroeconomic design; title: Macroeconomic management; title: Policy making; title: Why the real world needs virtual economy design; title: Notes; title: References; title: Index.