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9 - Virtual Economic Experiments

from Part II - Groups: Norms, Leadership, and Virtual Organizations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2018

Kiran Lakkaraju
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
Gita Sukthankar
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
Rolf T. Wigand
Affiliation:
University of Arkansas
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Social Interactions in Virtual Worlds
An Interdisciplinary Perspective
, pp. 218 - 250
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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