Edward Castronova

Indiana University

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107 S Indiana Ave

100 South Woodlawn

Bloomington, IN 47405

United States

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1.

Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Jan 2002
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Information and Internet Services, Computer Software

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On Virtual Economies

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Oct 2002
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Information and Internet Services, Computer Software

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The Price of 'Man' and 'Woman': A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthethic World

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Jun 2003
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Synthetic Worlds, Internet Auctions Avatar Attributes, Sexual Discrimination

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Theory of the Avatar

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Mar 2003
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Information and Internet Services, Computer Software, Equity, Justice, Inequality

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Dragon Kill Points: A Summary Whitepaper

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 24 Jan 2007
Edward Castronova and Joshua Fairfield
Indiana University and Washington and Lee University - School of Law
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Dragon Kill Points, Rational Models Seminar, Virtual World, World of Warcraft, Law and Economics, Edward Castronova, Online community

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The Right to Play

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Jun 2005
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Synthetic worlds, law, play

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Real Products in Imaginary Worlds

Harvard Business Review, pp. 20-22, May 2005
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 26 Jul 2005
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Synthetic worlds, marketing, advertising, internet

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A Test of the Law of Demand in a Virtual World: Exploring the Petri Dish Approach to Social Science

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2355
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Jul 2008
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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virtual worlds, experimental methods

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A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Real-Money Trade in the Products of Synthetic Economies

Info, Vol. 8, No. 6, October 2006
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Jul 2006
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Synthetic Economies, RMT, Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Game Development and Social Science

Journal of Game Development, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 91-94, March 2004
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 26 Jul 2005
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Game design, research methods

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On the Research Value of Large Games: Natural Experiments in Norrath and Camelot

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1621
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Jan 2006
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Synthetic Economies and the Social Question

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Aug 2005
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Synthetic worlds, inequality, social policy

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Surveying the Virtual World: A Large Scale Survey in Second Life Using the Virtual Data Collection Interface (VDCI)

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Surveying the Virtual World: A Large Scale Survey in Second Life Using the Virtual Data Collection Interface (VDCI)

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Aug 2009
Mark W. Bell, Edward Castronova and Gert G. Wagner
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
Downloads 441 (113,034)
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VASI, VDCI, Second Life, Survey Plan, Fieldwork

Surveying the Virtual World - A Large Scale Survey in Second Life Using the Virtual Data Collection Interface (VDCI)

German Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD) Research Notes No. 40
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Sep 2009
Mark W. Bell, Edward Castronova and Gert G. Wagner
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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VASI, VDCI, Second Life, Survey Plan, Fieldwork

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Virtual Assisted Self Interviewing (VASI): An Expansion of Survey Data Collection Methods to Virtual Worlds by Means of VDCI

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Virtual Assisted Self Interviewing (VASI): An Expansion of Survey Data Collection Methods to Virtual Worlds by Means of VDCI

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 31 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2015
Mark W. Bell, Edward Castronova and Gert G. Wagner
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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Interviewing Mode, PAPI, CAPI, CASI, VASI, VDCI, Second Life

Virtual Assisted Self Interviewing (VASI): An Expansion of Survey Data Collection Methods to the Virtual Worlds by Means of VDCI

German Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD) Research Notes No. 39
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Sep 2009
Mark W. Bell, Edward Castronova and Gert G. Wagner
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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Interviewing Mode, PAPI, CAPI, CASI, VASI, VDCI, Second Life

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The Renaissance of Natural Law: Tolkien, Fantasy, and Video Games

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Feb 2020
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Games, Morality, Natural Law

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Players for Hire: Games and the Future of Low-Skill Work

Gamasutra, October 11, 2016
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Labor, Technology, Low-Skill Labor, Games, Unemployment

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Virtual Worlds as Petri Dishes for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Dec 2008
Edward Castronova and Matthew Falk
Indiana University and Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Telecommunications
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Virtual Worlds, Macro Level Experiments, Research Infrastructure

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A Model of Climate Policy Using Board Game Mechanics

International Journal of Serious Games, Vol. 2(3), 2015
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova and Isaac T. Knowles
Indiana University and Indiana University Dept. of Telecommunications
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Climate, Policy, Games

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Digital Value Transfer Systems

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 71, No. 2, 2014
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 13 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Cryptocurrency, Virtual Currency, Bitcoin, Money, Virtual

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Religious Impulse in Video Games: Implications for World-Building

In Mark J.P. Wolf (ed.) Revisiting Imaginary Worlds: A Subcreation Studies Anthology, Routledge 2017, pp. 116-126; ISBN: 9781138942059
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 Feb 2020
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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religion, games, god

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Virtual Worlds as Petri Dishes for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

RatSWD Working Paper No. 47
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Aug 2009
Edward Castronova and Matthew Falk
Indiana University and RatSWD
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Virtual Worlds, Macro Level Experiments, Research Infrastructure

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Results of a Massive Experiment on Virtual Currency Endowments and Money Demand

Zˇivić N, Andjelković I, O¨zden T, Dekić M, Castronova E (2017) Results of a Massive Experiment on Virtual Currency Endowments and Money Demand. PLoS ONE 12(10): e0186407. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186407
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 13 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2017
Nenad Zivic, Igor Andjelkovic, Tolga Ozden, Milovan Dekic and Edward Castronova
Nordeus, Nordeus, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Students, Nordeus and Indiana University
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money, experiment, game, virtual world

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The Challenge of VR to the Liberal Democratic Order

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 14 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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politics, virtual reality, democracy, liberalism

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On Money and Magic

Journal of Virtual Worlds Research vol. 2(4), February 2010
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 13 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Money, Virtual Currency, Cryptocoins

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Politics, Altruism, and the Definition of Poverty

Edward J. Bird (1999) Politics, altruism, and the definition of poverty, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 1:3, 269-291, DOI: 10.1080/13876989908412628
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Aug 2014
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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poverty, poverty lines, altruism, redistribution

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Imaginary Worlds as Social Experiments

Forthcoming in Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds, ed. Mark J. P. Wolf, Routledge 2017
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Sports Rules as Common Pool Resources: A Better Way to Respond to Doping

Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 39 No. 3, December 2009
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 13 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova and Gert G. Wagner
Indiana University and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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Economics of Digital Media Firms: Models and Perspectives

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Economics of Digital Media Firms: Models and Perspectives

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Aug 2023
Edward Castronova and Christopher Kaczmarczyk-Smith
Indiana University and Purdue University
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Economics, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Asset Prices

Economics of Digital Media Firms: Models and Perspectives

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Oct 2023
Edward Castronova and Christopher Kaczmarczyk-Smith
Indiana University and Purdue University
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Game Theory and Bargaining Theory: Other, Firm Behavior: Theory, Market design

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Build What You Dream: Imaginary Worlds, Technology, and the Practice of Philosophy

Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds, ed. Mark J. P. Wolf, Routledge 2017, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 21 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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Media, technology, virtual worlds, philosophy, utopia

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Achievement Bias in the Evolution of Preferences

Journal of Bioeconomics 6: 195–226, 2004
Posted: 11 Jan 2018
Edward Castronova
Indiana University

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Evolution, Preferences, Utility

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Social Norms and Sexual Activity in U.S. High Schools

Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 39, No. 4, 2004
Posted: 11 Jan 2018
Edward Castronova
Indiana University

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Social Norms, Sexual Activity, Family, Game Theory

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Virtual Worlds: Petri Dishes, Rat Mazes, and Supercolliders

Games and Culture 4(4) 396-407, 2009
Posted: 14 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova and Matthew Falk
Indiana University and Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Telecommunications

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Virtual Worlds, Experimental Methods, Experiments

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Fertility and Virtual Reality

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 3, 2009
Posted: 14 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova
Indiana University

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virtual reality, fertility

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Policy Questions Raised by Virtual Economies

Telecommunications Policy, Volume 39, Issue 9, Pages 745-810 (October 2015)
Posted: 14 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova, Isaac T. Knowles and Travis L Ross
Indiana University, Indiana University Dept. of Telecommunications and University of Louisville

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Policy, Virtual Worlds, Technology

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As Real as Real? Macroeconomic Behavior in a Large-Scale Virtual World

New Media & Society Vol 11(5): 685–707, 2009
Posted: 14 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova, Dmitri Williams, Cuihua Shen, Rabindra Ratan, Li Xiong, Yun Huang and Brian Keegan
Indiana University, University of Southern California - Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of California, Davis, Michigan State University, Emory University - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Northwestern University and University of Colorado Boulder

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Economics, Macroeconomics, Virtual Worlds, GDP, Inflation

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Inequality and Income: The Mediating Effects of Social Spending and Risk

Posted: 10 Jul 2001
Edward Castronova
Indiana University

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income, inequality, social spending, risk

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The Digital Wallet Revolution

New York Times, September 10, 2014
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 13 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova and Joshua Fairfield
Indiana University and Washington and Lee University - School of Law
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virtual currency, digital wallet, bitcoin, blockchain

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Introductory Remarks on the film 'Thank You for Playing'

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 14 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
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games, cancer, emotion

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Down with Dullness: Gaming the Academic Conference

(2013) The Information Society, 29:2, 66-70, DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2012.757262
Posted: 20 Nov 2017
Edward Castronova
Indiana University

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Games, Conferences