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Social Capital and Online Games

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  • Christoph Safferling

    (Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Universität Wien, Austria)

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We use data from an online game economy and econometric matching methods to test whether social capital of players has an impact on game success. Membership in a 'clan', a voluntary organization of players, positively impacts game success. Hence, social capital has a positive effect on outcomes. Yet, top performers do not gain from access to this social capital.

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  • Christoph Safferling, 2011. "Social Capital and Online Games," Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz 2011-32, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz.
    • Handle: RePEc:knz:dpteco:1132
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    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • C99 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Other
    • D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis

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