Virtual Life Satisfaction

Kyklos

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-328

  Castronova, Edward ^a   Wagner, Gert G ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 79960392800     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2011.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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