The Private Demand for Information and the Effects of Public Testing Programs: The Case of HIV

M. Boozer and Tomas Philipson

Working Papers from Yale - Economic Growth Center

Abstract: This paper provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of private HIV information on sexual activity showing how the private information provided by a public testing program would change the allocation of information generated in absence o fthe program.

Keywords: INFORMATION; HEALTH; SEXUALITY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D80 D82 I10 I12 I19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 55 pages
Date: 1996
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