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Lab Preprint - Spatial allocation of scarce vaccine and antivirals for COVID-19

François M. Castonguay and James N. Sanchirico, and coauthors, have a preprint on COVID-19 vaccine and antivirals allocation. Much of the discussion around pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 has focused on what segments of the population to prioritize for vaccines. Questions on how to allocate a vaccine across jurisdictions within a country and how to allocate other pharmaceutical interventions, such as antiviral drugs have received much less attention ...

Lab Seminar - Within-trip fishing location choice of commercial fishermen

Xiurou Wu presented her work on spatiotemporal behavior of commercial fishermen.  Fishery production is a multi-level decision process ranging from long-run entry/exit decisions to short-run decisions about where and how to fish. In the short run, with the target species and fishing gear chosen, fishermen decide where to fish, how much to fish and when to return to the port on a given trip...