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The social cost of contacts: Theory and evidence for the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Building on the epidemiological SIR model, we present an economic model with heterogeneous individuals deriving utility from social contacts creating infection risks. Focusing on social distancing of individuals susceptible to an infection we theoretically characterize the gap between private and so...

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Autores principales: Quaas, Martin F., Meya, Jasper N., Schenk, Hanna, Bos, Björn, Drupp, Moritz A., Requate, Till
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7978372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33740007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248288