Rather doomed than uncertain: risk attitudes and transmissive behavior under asymptomatic infection
Rather doomed than uncertain: risk attitudes and transmissive behavior under asymptomatic infection
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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We analyze the relation between individuals’ risk aversion and their willingness to expose themselves to infection when faced with an asymptomatic infectious disease. We show that in a high prevalence environment, increasing individuals’ risk aversion increases their propensity to engage in transmissive behavior. The reason for this result is that...
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Rather doomed than uncertain: risk attitudes and transmissive behavior under asymptomatic infection
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_9308401
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_9308401
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0938-2259
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1432-0479
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10.1007/s00199-022-01448-y
