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Fall 2022

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 37, Number 3

Categories: Fall 2022 | Economics | Epidemiology

Individuals and Externalities in Economic Epidemiology: A Tension and Synthesis

Byron B. Carson, Hampden-Sydney College

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise37(3),2022,1-24IndividualsandExternalitiesinEconomicEpidemiology:ATensionandSynthesisByronB.Carson*Hampden-SydneyCollegeAbstractBothstandardeconomicandpublicchoiceapproachestoepidemiologyignoretheroleindividualsplayindiseaseprevention.Whereasthestandardeconomicapproachrecognizesthatpeoplerespondtochangingprevalencerates,thestandardpublicchoiceapproachsuggeststheysuccumbtofreeridingandcollective-actionproblems.Buttheliteratureoncollectiveactionandtheprivateprovisionofpublicgoodssuggestspeoplecanresolvecollection-actionproblemsinresponsetochangingprevalencerates,especiallywhendoingsolowerstransactioncosts.Theinsightsofthatliteraturesuggestthatdecisionsrelatedtomigration,housing,andcommunity—andrelatedmarketsthatinfluencethosedecisions—influencemosquitocontroland,potentially,malariaprevalencerates.JELCodes:D70;H41;I15Keywords:prevalenceelasticity;externalities;transactioncosts;malaria“Byimmunizingoneselfagainstaninfectiousdisease,oneconfersasmallbenefitonone’sfellows,byslightlyreducingtheprobabilityoftheirbecominginfected.Atthesametime,thebenefittooneselfisparticularlygreat.”—RichardCornesandToddSandlerI.IntroductionEconomistshavegenerateddistinctiveinsightsonepidemiologyanddiseaseprevention,buttheroleindividualsplayindiseasepreventionandtheirdegreeofagencyremainundertheorized.Themoreindividualshaveagencyandthemoretheycanavoidinfectionbyalteringtheirincentives,theweakerthecaseforpublicresponses.Towhatextentdoindividualshaveenoughagencytoaltertheseincentives?*IthankDianaThomas,HarryDavid,EdwardStringham,andananonymousreviewerfortheirhelpfulcomments.IalsothankArtCarden,PeterLeeson,andWilliamShughartfortheirhelpfulcommentsonanearlierdraft.Allerrorsaremyown.

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Title	Individuals and Externalities in Economic Epidemiology: A Tension and Synthesis
Authors/Creators:	Byron B. Carson, Hampden-Sydney College
Year:	2022
Volume:	37
Number:	3
Pages:	1 - 24
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	prevalence elasticity; externalities; transaction costs; malaria

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Carson, Byron B. / 2022. "Individuals and Externalities in Economic Epidemiology: A Tension and Synthesis." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 37(3): 1-24.