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Provedor de dados: | Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
País: | United States
Título: | Biosecurity and Infectious Animal Disease
Autores: | Hennessy,   David A.
Data: | 2005-11-16
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Circle and line topologies; Complements and substitutes; Epidemic; Public good; Livestock Production/Industries.
Resumo: | The spatial dimension of agricultural production is important when a communicable disease enters a region. This paper considers two sorts of biosecurity risk that producers can seek to protect against. One concerns the risk of spread: that neighboring producers do not take due care in protecting against being infected by a disease already in the region. In this case, producer efforts substitute with those of near neighbors. For representative spatial production structures, we characterize Nash equilibrium protection levels and show how spatial production structure matters. The other sort of risk concerns entry: that producers do not take due care in preventing the disease from entering the region. In this case, producer heterogeneity has subtle effects on welfare loss due to strategic behavior. Efforts by producers complement, suggesting that inter-farm communication will help to redress the problem.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

19085

http://purl.umn.edu/18434

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

Iowa State University&gt;Center for Agricultural and Rural Development&gt;CARD Working Paper Series

CARD Working Paper 05-WP 413

Formato:

31

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