Rational epidemics and their public control

International Economic Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 603-624

  Geoffard, Pierre Yves ^a   Philipson, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EPIDEMIC; HEALTH INTERVENTION; MODELLING APPROACH;

EID: 0030368092     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2527443     Document Type: Article

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