Data and Code for: Advance Market Commitments: Insights from Theory and Experience

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Michael Kremer, Harvard University. Department of Economics; Jonathan Levin, Stanford University Graduate School of Business; Christopher M. Snyder, Dartmouth College

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Project Citation:

Kremer, Michael, Levin, Jonathan, and Snyder, Christopher M. Data and Code for: Advance Market Commitments: Insights from Theory and Experience. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-05-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/E117622V1

Project Description

Summary: Ten years ago, donors committed $1.5 billion to a pilot Advance Market Commitment (AMC) to help purchase pneumococcal vaccine for low-income countries. The AMC aimed to encourage the development of such vaccines, ensure distribution to children in low-income countries, and pilot the AMC mechanism for possible future use. Three vaccines have been developed and more than 150 million children immunized, saving an estimated 700,000 lives. This paper reviews the economic logic behind AMCs, the experience with the pilot, and key issues for future AMCs.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: vaccine; advance market commitment; R&D; capacity; investment; incentives; GAVI

JEL Classification:
      I15 Health and Economic Development
      L65 Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics
      O38 Technological Change: Government Policy

Geographic Coverage: Global

Time Period(s): 2006 – 2018

Collection Date(s): 12/1/2019 – 2/4/2020

Data Type(s): aggregate data; observational data

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