Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2021
Optimal Antimicrobial Use under Countervailing Externalities
Delmond, Anthony R.; Ahmed, HaseebAbstract
Over-or underprovision of antimicrobials under free-riding and resistance externalities can be economically important through their impacts on animal health, human health, and food security. This paper models antimicrobial use given disease dynamics with (i) free-riding incentives and (ii) antimicrobial resistance. Our results suggest a strong potential for overprovision of antimicrobials when ignoring resistance dynamics. Numerical simulation indicates an increase in the cost of disease management with increases in resistance levels. Policy implications are discussed in the context of animal health and disease-control subsidy programs in the developing world as well as unregulated sale of antimicrobials.Keywords
antimicrobial resistance; free riding; livestock disease; smallholder productionPublished in
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics2021, volume: 46, number: 3, pages: 490-508
Publisher: WESTERN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOC
Authors' information
Delmond, Anthony R.
University of Tennessee
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG3 Good health and wellbeing
UKÄ Subject classification
Economics
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.307456
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/113943