Social media infodemics and social distancing under the COVID-19 pandemic: public good provisions under uncertainty

• Main Authors: Susumu Cato (Author), Takashi Iida (Author), Kenji Ishida (Author), Asei Ito (Author), Hiroto Katsumata (Author), Kenneth Mori McElwain (Author), Masahiro Shoji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This debate examines the impact of infodemics - an over-abundance of information - on social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of its external effects, social distancing behavior (SDB) shares fundamental properties with public goods, whose potential for undersupply has been examined e...