[9月28日]能源与气候变化经济学workshop

发布日期:2018-09-27 10:39    来源:北京大学国家发展研究院

时间:2018年9月28日(周五)12:00-14:00
地点:致福轩会议室
主讲人:俞秀梅 (国家发展研究院)
主持人:徐晋涛、王敏、黄卓
题目:The impact of ambiguity on disease transfer
摘要:We study the dynamics of health in a small open economy where people are ambiguity averse. Infectious diseases cause labor productivity loss but can be avoided through costly prevention. First, we show that there could be a poverty trap as people in a high-disease economy would tend to invest little in prevention. Then we show uncertainty on the efficiency of preventive investment could help push an economy out of underdevelopment because an ambiguity averse individual might invest more in self-prevention in the presence of ambiguity.
主讲人简介:俞秀梅,北京大学国家发展研究院5年级博士研究生。研究领域为环境与健康经济学。