Sousa, Yannick Ferreira De; Munro, Alistair - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 3, pp. 482-493
We examine the feasibility of using a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) to test economic theories. As a test vehicle we use the well-known endowment effect. Even though our goods are entirely virtual, our results confirm earlier results that individuals with more trading...