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| Wataru Kureishi |
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| ''Partial vaccination programs and the eradication of infectious diseases'' |
| ( 2009, Vol. 29 No.4 ) |
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| We incorporate the possibility of eradicating infectious diseases through partial vaccinations
into a static model where each individual incurs a cost, which differs among
the individuals, when he/she is administered a vaccine. We show that if an infectious
disease is eradicated by vaccinating up to the individual whose vaccination cost is lower
than a threshold, then the partial compulsory vaccination program is strictly preferable
to the free choice vaccination program in terms of social welfare otherwise, the free choice
vaccination program is strictly preferable to the partial compulsory vaccination program.
Our result is a generalization of Brito, Sheshinski, and Intriligator (1991). |
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| Keywords: infectious disease, partial compulsory vaccination, eradication |
JEL: I1 - Health: General
H8 - Public Economics: Miscellaneous Issues: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Feb 15 2009 | | Manuscript Accepted : Nov 09 2009 |
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