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Are better vaccines really better? The case of a simple stochastic epidemic SIR model

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  • Nicolas Houy

    (Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69007, France; CNRS, GATE Lyon Saint-Etienne, Ecully, F-69130, France)

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We consider a model of vaccine market where the buyer is centralized and shows an endogenous demand function based on a simple stochastic SIR model. When the seller is a monopoly, we show that better vaccines (in the sense of greater efficiency or inducing less side-effects) do not imply greater total surplus, greater buyer surplus or even greater profits. Since we consider a centralized buyer, our results cannot be caused by the well-known epidemiological externality of vaccination.

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  • Nicolas Houy, 2013. "Are better vaccines really better? The case of a simple stochastic epidemic SIR model," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 33(1), pages 207-216.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-13-00021
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