Infectious disease and preventive behavior in an overlapping generations model

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1673-1700

  Momota, Akira ^a   Tabata, Ken ^b   Futagami, Koichi ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health investment; Infectious disease; Overlapping generations model; Prevalence elastic behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644445618     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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