A test of the law of demand in a virtual world: Exploring the petri dish approach to social science

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Castronova, Edward ^a   Bell, Mark W ^a   Cornell, Robert ^a   Cummings, James J ^a   Emigh, Will ^b   Falk, Matthew ^a   Fatten, Michael ^a   LaFourest, Paul ^a   Mishler, Nathan ^b   Reynard, Justin ^c   Robbins, Sarah ^d   Ross, Travis ^a   Ryan, William ^a   Starks, Rory ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Studio Cypher   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT   (United States)

^d BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Law of demand; Petri dish approach; Virtual world

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COSTS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

HUMAN BEHAVIORS; LAW OF DEMAND; ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS; PETRI DISH; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77949491789     PISSN: 19423888     EISSN: 19423896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgcms.2009040101     Document Type: Article

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