MMORPG Economies Explored in Depth

Posted by chrisd on Tuesday October 22, 2002 @11:18AM from the i-wouldn't-know-anything-about-this dept.

Obscure Economist writes "The Social Science Research Network (SSRN, http://www.ssrn.com) has just posted a free download of "On Virtual Economies," a new broad-focused study of the market for MMORPGs. Think of it as a less descriptive, but more predictive, follow-up to my paper on the EverQuest economy of last spring. The link, for those interested: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id =338500. Comments and criticism appreciated. Edward Castronova, Associate Professor of Economics, Cal State Fullerton"

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In case you missed it the first time around... by flogger · 2002-10-22 11:29 · Score: 5, Informative

there is this /. article. that showcases someone's ideas about how to unbalance a game with exploits in the economy.

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