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THE POSSIBILITY OF A PRIVATE CROP INSURANCE MARKET: THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
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The theoretical foundation for risk pooling in insurance has heavily depend on the independence assumption of losses, which is severely violated in crop insurance. A weaker condition, asymptotic nonpositive correlation can also lead to risk pooling and is satisfied by yield losses. Therefore, private insurance and reinsurance markets may work.Risk and Uncertainty,