Chakraborty, Shankha; Papageorgiou, Chris; Pérez … - In: Journal of Monetary Economics 57 (2010) 7, pp. 859-872
The relationship between health and development is a subject of ongoing debate. This paper contributes to the debate by proposing a general equilibrium theory of infectious disease transmission, prevention investment, and rational behavior. Diseases cause premature death, labor productivity loss...