Mobility Decisions, Economic Dynamics And Epidemic

Giorgio Fabbri, Salvatore Federico (), Davide Fiaschi and Fausto Gozzi ()
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Salvatore Federico: Universita degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Economia
Fausto Gozzi: Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, LUISS Guido Carli, Roma

No 2022028, LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES from Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

Abstract: We propose a model, which nests a susceptible-infected-recovered-deceased (SIRD) model of epidemic into a dynamic macroeconomic equilibrium framework with agents’ mobility. The latter affect both their income and their probability of infecting and being infected. Strategic complementarities among individual mobility choices drive the evolution of aggregate economic activity, while infection externalities caused by individual mobility affect disease diffusion. The continuum of rational forward-looking agents coordinates on the Nash equilibrium of a discrete time, finite-state, infinite-horizon Mean Field Game. We prove the existence of an equilibrium and provide a recursive construction method for the search of an equilibrium(a), which also guides our numerical investigations. We calibrate the model by using Italian experience on COVID-19 epidemic and we discuss policy implications.

Keywords: mean field game; strategic complementarities; ESIRD; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C62 C72 C73 E1 H0 I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-11-30
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