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Learning from Lemons: The Role of Government in Index Insurance for Individuals

Authors: Clarke, Daniel; Wren-Lewis, Liam;

Learning from Lemons: The Role of Government in Index Insurance for Individuals

Abstract

Cet article examine le rôle potentiel du gouvernement d'aider à la mise à l'échelle de l'indice de qualité des produits d'assurance dans les pays en développement. En particulier, les auteurs analysent la politique publique optimale à la lumière du fait que les politiques d'assurance indicielle sont généralement des produits de confiance - le risque de base d'un politique donnée ne pouvant être distingué par le consommateur avant l'achat et seulement dans une mesure limitée après l'achat. Les auteurs discutent de deux éventuelles défaillances des marchés qui découlent de ce bien que les gouvernements peuvent chercher à corriger : faible taux de participation et un faible investissement dans la réduction du risque de base. Dans chaque cas, les auteurs considèrent les coûts et les avantages des différentes politiques publiques alternatives. Les auteurs montrent que les politiques visant à améliorer la souscription d'assurance peut améliorer ou réduire les incitations à l'investissement, et que la nature précise de ces effets dépendra de la capacité du gouvernement à s'engager, du coût marginal des fonds et des possibilités d'identifier les entrées nécessaires à la construction d'un indice de qualité.

This paper considers the potential role of government in aiding the scale-up of high quality index insurance products in developing countries. In particular, we analyse optimal public policy in light of the fact that index insurance policies are typically credence goods - that is, the basis risk of a given policy cannot be distinguished by consumers before purchase and only to a limited extent after purchase. We discuss two potential market failures that stem from this property that governments may seek to correct: low take-up and low investment in reducing basis risk. In each case, we consider the costs and benefits of various alternative government policies. We show that policies aimed to improve take-up may improve or worsen incentives for investment, and that the precise nature of these effects will depend on the government’s ability to commit, the marginal cost of funds, and their potential to identify the inputs necessary for constructing a high quality index.

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France
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ddc:330, microfinance, [SHS] Humanities and Social Sciences, BRAC

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