The Blossoming of Economic Epidemiology

IF 6.8 2区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Annual Review of Economics Pub Date : 2021-05-24 DOI:10.1146/ANNUREV-ECONOMICS-082120-122900
David McAdams
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Infectious diseases, ideas, new products, and other infectants spread in epidemic fashion through social contact. The COVID-19 pandemic, the proliferation of fake news, and the rise of antimicrobial resistance have thrust economic epidemiology into the forefront of public policy debate and reinvigorated the field. Focusing for concreteness on disease-causing pathogens, this review provides a taxonomy of economic-epidemic models, emphasizing both the biology/immunology of the disease and the economics of the social context. An economic epidemic is one whose diffusion through the agent population is generated by agents’ endogenous behavior. I highlight properties of the equilibrium epidemic trajectory and discuss ways in which public health authorities can change the game for the better by ( a) imposing restrictions on agent activity to reduce the harm done during a viral outbreak and ( b) enabling diagnostic-informed interventions to slow or even reverse the rise of antibiotic resistance.
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经济流行病学的蓬勃发展
传染病、思想、新产品和其他传染病通过社会接触以流行病的方式传播。2019冠状病毒病大流行、假新闻的泛滥以及抗菌素耐药性的上升,使经济流行病学成为公共政策辩论的前沿,并为该领域注入了活力。着眼于具体的致病病原体,本综述提供了经济流行病模型的分类,强调疾病的生物学/免疫学和社会背景的经济学。经济流行病是指其在主体群体中的扩散是由主体的内生行为产生的。我强调了均衡流行病轨迹的特性,并讨论了公共卫生当局可以通过以下方式使游戏变得更好:(a)对药剂活动施加限制,以减少病毒爆发期间造成的伤害;(b)使诊断知情的干预措施能够减缓甚至扭转抗生素耐药性的上升。
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期刊介绍: The Annual Review of Economics covers significant developments in the field of economics, including macroeconomics and money; microeconomics, including economic psychology; international economics; public finance; health economics; education; economic growth and technological change; economic development; social economics, including culture, institutions, social interaction, and networks; game theory, political economy, and social choice; and more.
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