The smallpox eradication game

Public Choice

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 179-207

  Barrett, Scott ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease eradication; Global public good; International cooperation; International financing; Smallpox

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846440565     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9079-z     Document Type: Article

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