Regional consumption of antibiotics: A demand system approach

Economic Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1389-1397

  Filippini, M ^a,b   Masiero, G ^a,c   Moschetti, K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Almost ideal model; Antibiotic use; Bacterial resistance; Demand elasticities; Demand equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849096642     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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