Review Figure 9.18, which depicts a separating equilibrium breaking down. In this states? Again, support your answer graphically. figure, the separating equilibrium breaks down because the zero-profit line is too far to the right. But this is not the only way that a separating equilibrium can fail. a Draw a version of the Rothschild-Stiglitz model where a separating equilibrium holds, but just barely (the robust-type indifference curve should almost touch the aggregate zero-profit line).
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