Risk Sharing Heterogeneity in the United States

Daniel Stempel ()
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Daniel Stempel: Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Economics Bulletin, 2021, vol. 41, issue 3, 1223-1240

Abstract: Several studies document high risk sharing against output fluctuations in the United States. Building on these studies, this note documents substantial heterogeneity in interstate risk sharing between US states. Using a panel data set ranging from 1963 to 2013, aggregate and state-specific risk sharing profiles are estimated. Moreover, four distinct clusters of states, each characterized by a unique risk sharing profile emphasizing one specific consumption insurance channel, are derived. This note then shows that this heterogeneity in insurance levels and profiles is related to differences in state characteristics, such as the composition of state output, insurance opportunities, vulnerability to idiosyncratic shocks, and the capacity to finance countercyclical policies.

Keywords: Risk Sharing; Consumption Insurance; Heterogeneity; Monetary Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E2 F4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-07-18
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