Vr. Young et Mj. Browne, EXPLAINING INSURANCE POLICY PROVISIONS VIA ADVERSE SELECTION, Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Theory, 22(2), 1997, pp. 121-134
In this article, we show that common insurance policy provisions-namel
y, deductibles, coinsurance, and maximum limits-can arise as a result
of adverse selection in a competitive insurance market. Research on ad
verse selection typically builds on the assumption that different risk
types suffer the same size loss and differ only in their probability
of loss. In this study, we allow the severity of the insurance loss to
be random and, thus, generalize the results of Rothschild and Stiglit
z [1976] and Wilson [1977]. We characterize the separating equilibrium
contracts in a Rothschild-Stiglitz competitive market. By further ass
uming a Wilson competitive market, we show that an anticipatory equili
brium might be achieved by pooling, and we characterize the optimal po
oling contract.