testing strategy aiming at reconstructing the infection chain of newly symptomatic agents. A coordination failure arises as … to buy time to expand the testing scale and to preserve the tracing system. We provide theoretical underpinnings to the …

economic framework with age heterogeneity, individual choice, and incomplete information, emphasizing the value of testing … underscore the importance of testing, showing its impact on reduced deaths, lower economic costs and laxer lockdown. We use the …

economic framework with age heterogeneity, individual choice, and incomplete information, emphasizing the value of testing … testing, showing its impact on reduced deaths, lower economic costs and laxer lockdown. We use the framework to provide …

disease and the availability of tests to detect asymptomatic spreaders is limited. Contact tracing is a testing strategy that … lockdown corrects this externality, allowing policymakers to buy time to expand the testing scale so as to preserve the testing … system. If the testing capacity is sufficiently large, contact tracing alone can halt the spread of the virus because it …