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The Private Demand for Information and the Effects of Public Testing Programs: The Case of HIV

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Boozer, M.
Philipson, T.

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This paper provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of private HIV information on sexual activity showing how the private information provided by a public testing program would change the allocation of information generated in absence o fthe program.

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Paper provided by Yale - Economic Growth Center in its series Papers with number 750.

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Length: 55 pages
Date of creation: 1996
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Keywords: INFORMATION; HEALTH; SEXUALITY;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information
I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Production
I19 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Other

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  1. Michael Kremer, 1996. "Integrating Behavioral Choice into Epidemiological Models of the AIDS Epidemic," NBER Working Papers 5428, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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