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After 3 years, the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic span the globe. As of the end of December 2022, more than 600 million SARS-CoV-2 infections have been detected, while the number of reported deaths exceeds 6 million. With the emergence of new variants of concern (VOC), the number of cases across the globe surged, confirming many experts' predictions about the arrival of further waves of infections (Xu & Li, 2020) as for the 1918 Spanish Flu (Barry, 2004). While further waves may become less and less severe -because of VOCs becoming less fatal or, partially, thanks to post-infection immunization (Barry et al., 2008) -successful health policies against the spread of the pandemic require a massive vaccination campaign. Despite the international and robust evidence that vaccines help to contain the spread of the pandemic, many countries are still experiencing problems with individuals' hesitancy and often insufficient vaccination rates (Sallam, 2021). Vaccine hesitancy, defined by the World Health Organization as the delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination despite its availability, threatens public health policy aimed at ending the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, u

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Author

Paolo Buonanno; Sergio Galletta; Marcello Puca

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)