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An analysis of peer effects on vaccination behavior using a model of privately provided public goods

Ibuka, Yoko; Itaya, Jun-ichi; Miyazato, Naomi - 2018

Traditional economic models of vaccination behavior simply assume that agents free-ride on the vaccination decisions of … conjectural variation model, to explain how a positive peer effect regarding vaccination behavior arises. We conduct two empirical … studies using Japanese data in these models. The first empirical analysis, using a data set on the vaccination behavior of …

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Vaccines vs. preventives

Kremer, Michael; Snyder, Christopher M. - 2015

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Pandemics and economic growth : evidence from the 1968 H3N2 influenza

Jinjarak, Yothin; Noy, Ilan; Ta, Quy - 2020

We evaluate the 1968 H3N2 Flu pandemic’s economic cost in a cross-section of 52 countries. Using excess mortality rates as a proxy for the country-specific severity of the pandemic, we find that the average mortality rate (0.0062% per pandemic wave) was associated with declines in consumption...

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Real business cycles and the animal spirits hypothesis

Farmer, Roger E. A. - In: Journal of economic theory 63 (1994) 1, pp. 42-72

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Using preference estimates to customize incentives : an application to polio vaccination drives in Pakistan

Sprenger, Charles; Andreoni, James; Jaffar, Karrar Hussain - 2016

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Tobin's imperfect asset substitution in optimizing general equilibrium

Andrés, Javier - 2004

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Individual investments in education and health : policy responses and interactions

Carbone, Jared C.; Kverndokk, Snorre - 2016

Empirical studies show that years of schooling are positively correlated with good health. The implication may go from education to health, from health to education, or from factors that influence both variables. We formalize a model that determines an individual's demand for knowledge and...

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Resolving the spanning puzzle in macro-finance term structure models

Bauer, Michael D.; Rudebusch, Glenn D. - 2015

Previous macro-finance term structure models (MTSMs) imply that macroeconomic state variables are spanned by (i.e., perfectly correlated with) model-implied bond yields. However, this theoretical implication appears inconsistent with regressions showing that much macroeconomic variation is...

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Interest rates under falling stars

Bauer, Michael D.; Rudebusch, Glenn D. - 2017

Theory predicts that the equilibrium real interest rate, r*t, and the perceived trend in inflation, ð*t, are key …

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Estimated interest rate rules : do they determine determinancy properties?

Jensen, Henrik - 2009

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