The economical control of infectious diseases
If infectious people can infect other people, who in turn can infect others, and so on--the pure infection externality--government subsidies to affect private behavior should equally favor preventive and curative activities, if people recover to become susceptible again. Otherwise, other subsidy and...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
World Bank, Public Service Delivery, Development Research Group
2001
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Series: | Policy research working paper
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Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | If infectious people can infect other people, who in turn can infect others, and so on--the pure infection externality--government subsidies to affect private behavior should equally favor preventive and curative activities, if people recover to become susceptible again. Otherwise, other subsidy and tax strategies may make more sense |
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Item Description: | "May 2001"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 38). - Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 10, 2002 |