This article explores the collective action problem of disease prevention by developing the conditions under which people engage in private means of mosquito control and malaria prevention. People are more likely to overcome problems related to collective action and free riding when they face...

Introduction -- Part 1: The Economic Approach to Malaria Prevention -- 1. Malaria Takes a Toll -- 2. Advancing Howard’s Insight -- Part 2: The Collective Action Problem of Malaria -- 3. The Burden of Collective Action -- 4. Incentives Can Help -- 5. Tying and Associations Help Too -- 6....