?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F34707%2F&rft.title=Public+and+private+incentives+for+self-protection&rft.creator=Treich%2C+Nicolas&rft.creator=Salani%C3%A9%2C+Fran%C3%A7ois&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=Governments+sometimes+encourage+or+impose+individual+self-protection+measures%2C+such+as+wearing+a+protective+mask+when+going+outside+during+an+epidemic.+However%2C+by+reducing+the+risk+of+being+infected+by+others%2C+more+self-protection+may+lead+each+individual+to+go+outside+more+often.+In+the+absence+of+lockdown%2C+this+creates+a+%E2%80%9Ccollective%0D%0Aoffsetting+effect%E2%80%9D%2C+since+more+people+outside+means+that+the+risk+of+infection+is+increased+for+all.+Yet%2C+wearing+masks+also+creates+a+positive+externality+on+others%2C+by+reducing+the+risk+of+infecting+them.+We+show+how+to+integrate+these+different+effects+in+a+simple+model%2C+and+we+discuss+when+self-protection+efforts+should+be+encouraged+(or+deterred)+by+a+social+planner.&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2020-04&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F34707%2F1%2Fwp_tse_1090.pdf&rft.identifier=++Treich%2C+Nicolas+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F176599940%3E+and+Salani%C3%A9%2C+Fran%C3%A7ois+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F03504649X%3E++(2020)+Public+and+private+incentives+for+self-protection.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+20-1090%2C+Toulouse+++++&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tse-fr.eu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FTSE%2Fdocuments%2Fdoc%2Fwp%2F2020%2Fwp_tse_1090.pdf&rft.language=en