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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Rothschild-Stiglitz: Second Best Solution<br />

Because there are relatively few high risk types, L types benefit from<br />

pooling with them and getting full insurance coverage.<br />

Note: pooled contract of 70 could be offered by a private firm,<br />

destroying separating eq. proposed above<br />

Hence there is actually no equilibrium in this example<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 6: Social Insurance 24 / 207

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