Vaccine supply: A crossnational perspective

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2005

Autores

Danzon, PM (Autor) Outra; Nuno Sousa Pereira (Autor) FEP; Tejwani, SS (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Health Affairs

Vol. 24

Páginas: 706-717

ISSN: 0278-2715

Editora: Project Hope

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 33 Citações

Scopus - 36 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-000-3KN

DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.24.3.706

Abstract (EN): In U.S. vaccine markets, competing producers with high fixed, sunk costs face relatively concentrated demand. This tends to lead to exit of all but one or very few producers per vaccine. Detailed evidence of exits and shortages in the flu vaccine market demonstrates the importance of high fixed costs, demand uncertainty, and dynamic quality competition. A comparison of vaccine suppliers in four industrialized countries compared with the United States shows that smaller foreign markets often have more and different vaccine suppliers. High, country-specific, fixed costs, combined with price and volume uncertainty, plausibly deters these potential suppliers from attempting to enter the U.S. market.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 12