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标题：PERSISTENT PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR: TWO INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS 350 YEARS APART
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作者：Utteeyo Dasgupta ; Chandan Kumar Jha ; Sudipta Sarangi 等
期刊名称：Economic Inquiry
印刷版ISSN：0095-2583
出版年度：2021
卷号：59
期号：2
页码：848-857
DOI：10.1111/ecin.12961
语种：English
出版社：Western Economic Association International
摘要：Outbreaks of infectious diseases bring behavior and policy responses into sharp focus since societies face acute constraints and uncertainties. This paper compares two infectious disease outbreaks: the Covid‐19 pandemic and the 1665 London plague outbreak described by Daniel Defoe inA Journal of the Year of the Plaguepublished in 1722. We compare three aspects: individual behavior, social behavior, and governance and find striking similarities in behavior in spite of these events being separated by 350 years. We contend that the same models of behavior can be used to explain human responses during such outbreaks regardless of when they occur.(JELA10, B52, Z11)