Escaping epidemics through migration? Quarantine measures under incomplete information about infection risk

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 931-938

  Mesnard, Alice ^a,b,c   Seabright, Paul ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Migration; Public health; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649429668     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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