Author: Luis G. Nardin; Craig R. Miller; Benjamin J. Ridenhour; Stephen M. Krone; Paul Joyce; Bert O. Baumgaertner
Title: Planning horizon affects prophylactic decision-making and epidemic dynamics Document date: 2016_8_12
ID: 30kwl4rj_65
Snippet: Another aspect to highlight is that the beneficial adoption of prophylactic behavior can be 370 achieved through two different public policies: change the risk perception or introduce 371 incentives that reduce the difference between the susceptible and prophylactic payoffs. The 372 problem with increasing the risk perception is that if it is overdone, it leads to the opposite result 373 to the one that is desired. Because individuals perceive th.....
Document: Another aspect to highlight is that the beneficial adoption of prophylactic behavior can be 370 achieved through two different public policies: change the risk perception or introduce 371 incentives that reduce the difference between the susceptible and prophylactic payoffs. The 372 problem with increasing the risk perception is that if it is overdone, it leads to the opposite result 373 to the one that is desired. Because individuals perceive their risk of getting the disease as highly 374 probable, they prefer to "get it over with" and enjoy the benefits of being recovered. In contrast, 375 the more the prophylaxis is incentivized the better the results, e.g. reduction of epidemic peak 376 size.
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