Willingness to pay for intervention policies related to HIV/AIDS: a theoretical framework with endogenous risk, perceived effectiveness and altruism

IF 0.6 Q3 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Economics Bulletin Pub Date : 2013-06-14 DOI:10.2139/ssrn.1967161

Mario Fernandez, W. Shaw

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Abstract

Intervention policies for HIV/AIDS differ in their approaches, and acceptability to control the spread of the epidemics. We introduce a theoretical model to depict how several factors may determine an individual's maximum willingness to pay for any HIV/AIDS policy. Heterogeneous baseline risks, through risky sexual activities, operate so that those individuals with higher exposure to risky activities are inclined to pay for any policy that reduces the risk. However, given the epidemiological and economic context of a geographic region, the perceived effectiveness of a policy implies that it will reach some level of risk reduction outcome and then, not contribute any further to the control of epidemics. What comes into play is whether individuals observe the risk change generated by the policy and implications for behavioral changes. Finally, we also introduce altruistic motives as a determinant of the WTP.

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艾滋病相关干预政策的支付意愿:一个具有内生风险、感知有效性和利他主义的理论框架

针对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的干预政策在控制这一流行病蔓延的方法和可接受性方面各不相同。我们引入了一个理论模型来描述几个因素如何决定个人为任何艾滋病毒/艾滋病政策支付的最大意愿。不同的基线风险，通过危险的性活动，使那些高风险活动的个人倾向于支付任何降低风险的政策。然而，考虑到一个地理区域的流行病学和经济背景，人们认为一项政策的有效性意味着它将达到某种程度的减少风险的结果，然后对控制流行病没有任何进一步的贡献。发挥作用的是个人是否观察到政策产生的风险变化以及对行为变化的影响。最后，我们还介绍了利他动机作为WTP的决定因素。

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Economics Bulletin ECONOMICS-

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