Reading SL Capex forums I came across a very interesting post for our readers:

A team from the University of Munich (LMU) and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Are doing a study about asset market trading in Second Life. They are calling for SL traders.

•  How markets work in SL in general.

•  Whether trading behaviour in a virtual world is different

•  Whether expert traders and less experienced traders trade differently.

•  Whether the outcomes of the trading activities of expert traders and inexperienced traders differ.  

The experiment takes about 60 minutes to complete. You do not need to invest any of your own money to participate. On the contrary, you can use your skills and experience to compete against other traders and win a lot of money in our market. You also get 1000L$ for certain for participating.
But mostly, you would contribute a lot to our project and help us find out how markets (in a real as well as in a virtual environment) work and, ultimately, how to make them better.

Why should you participate?

• You will win money (a minimum of 1000L$) in one hour without having to invest any of your own money. Losses are not possible.
• You can test out your trading expertise and market savvy.
• You would help us learn more about the workings of markets in SL.
• Last, but not least: it’s fun. As all of our participants have told us until now: participating in our experiment allows you to have a nice time with other avatars, while we gain scientific knowledge out of it. So it’s a win-win situation, every trader’s favourite!

 
If you are interested or you have questions about how it all works, check out (http://www.iom.bwl.uni-muenchen.de/personen/mitarbeiter/fiedler/secondlife3/index.html );, or contact directly via IM (Athene Auer) or by email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it