ArticleHealth economics2021
On the effect of uncertainty on personal vaccination decisions.
Article in Health economics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Examining psychological correlates of vaccine hesitancy: a comparative study between the US and Israel.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy: ambiguity in decision-making.Health promotion international · 2023Article
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- Navigating the uncertainty: A novel taxonomy of vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19.PloS one · 2023Article
- The Prevalence and Impact of Fake News on COVID-19 Vaccination in Taiwan: Retrospective Study of Digital Media.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Decision Thresholds for Medical Tests Under Ambiguity Aversion.Frontiers in health services · 2022Article
- Editorial: Behavioral and experimental health economics.Frontiers in health services · 2022Article
- On the effect of uncertainty on personal vaccination decisions.Health economics · 2021Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This study investigates the effect of ambiguity on personal vaccination decisions. We first characterize the vaccination decision in the absence of ambiguity. We then show that uncertainty about the probability of side effects and the efficacy of the vaccine always reduces take-up under ambiguity aversion. However, uncertainty about the underlying disease, being the probability of sickness or the probability of a severe course of disease, may either encourage or discourage vaccination. Our results are relevant for policy because reducing uncertainty associated with the vaccine always has the desired effect whereas reducing uncertainty associated with the disease may have unintended consequences.
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