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Beyond rational decision-making: modelling the influence of cognitive biases on the dynamics of vaccination coverage
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Background: Theoretical studies predict that it is not possible to eradicate a disease under voluntary vaccination because of the emergence of non-vaccinating “free-riders” when vaccination coverage increases. A central tenet of this approach is that human behaviour follows an economic model of rational choice. Yet, empirical studies reveal that vaccination decisions do not necessarily maximize individual self-interest. Here we investigate the dynamics of vaccination coverag... Expand abstract
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0142990
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Veolia Environnement-Ecole Polytechnique-Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle-Fondation X
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School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford
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- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS One Journal website
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 11
- Article number:
- e0142990
- Publication date:
- 2015-01-01
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1932-6203
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pubs:575103
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- pubs:575103
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- Deposit date:
- 2015-11-25
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- Voinson et al
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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- Copyright © 2015 Voinson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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