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. 2022 Nov 16:1-25.
doi: 10.1007/s00199-022-01469-7. Online ahead of print.

Analysis of optimal lockdown in integral economic-epidemic model

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Analysis of optimal lockdown in integral economic-epidemic model

Natali Hritonenko et al. Econ Theory. .

Abstract

We analyze the optimal lockdown in an economic-epidemic model with realistic infectiveness distribution. The model is described by Volterra integral equations and accurately depicts the COVID-19 infectivity pattern from clinical data. A maximum principle is derived, and a qualitative dynamic analysis of the optimal lockdown problem is provided over finite and infinite horizons. We analytically prove and economically justify the possibility of an endemic scenario when the infection rate begins to climb after the lockdown ends.

Keywords: Cost minimization; Epidemic control; Optimal lockdown; Volterra integral equations.

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