Demand for Covid-19 Antibody Testing, and Why It Should Be Free
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- Marta Serra-Garcia & Nora Szech, 2020. "Demand for COVID-19 Antibody Testing and Why It Should Be Free," Working Papers 2020-036, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
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Keywords
coronavirus; Covid-19; antibody tests; testing markets; information preferences; beliefs; uncertainty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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