by MIT Press. Papers Castronova, Edward. "Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier," CESifo Working Paper No. 618, December 2001. Castronova, Edward. "On Virtual Economies," CESifo Working Paper Series No. 752, July 2002. Castronova, Edward. "The Price of 'Man' and 'Woman': A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthethic World," CESifo Working Paper Series No. 957, June 2003. Media BBC News - Virtual gaming worlds overtake Namibia Norrath Economic Report Now Available - Slashdot.org on Castronova's report The Walrus Magazine: "On-line fantasy games have booming economies and citizens who love their political systems. Are these virtual worlds the best place to study the real one?" Video "Be A Gamer" TEDx (2011) Books Edward Castronova. Synthetic Worlds, University of Chicago Press (2005). Edward Castronova. Exodus to the Virtual World, Palgrave Macmillan (2007). Edward Castronova. Wildcat Currency. Yale University Press (2014). Edward Castronova. Virtual Economies: Design and Analysis. (2014), With Vili Lehdonvirta ISBN 0262535068 See also Virtual economy EverQuest Arden: The World of Shakespeare Terra Nova (blog) Lucas Smashtronova References External links Edward Castronova's webpage "Synthetic worlds – real community, real money" article in vodafone-receiver magazine nr.19 Terra Nova Blog Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American mass media scholars Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni Indiana University faculty MUD scholars