Interaction in Prevention: A General Theory and an Application to COVID-19 Pandemic
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Keywords
prevention; interaction; COVID-19; contagion;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GTH-2022-06-27 (Game Theory)
- NEP-HEA-2022-06-27 (Health Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2022-06-27 (Microeconomics)
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