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The Size Distribution of Farms and International Productivity Differences
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We study the determinants of differences in farm size across countries and their impact on agricultural and aggregate productivity using a quantitative sectoral model featuring a distribution of farms. Measured aggregate factors (capital, land, economy-wide productivity) account for one-quarter of the observed differences in farm size and productivity. Policies and institutions that misallocate resources across farms have the potential to account for the remaining differences. Exploiting within-country variation in crop-specific price distortions and their correlation with farm size, we construct a cross-country measure of farm-size distortions which together with aggregate factors accounts for one-half of the cross-country differences in size and productivity. (JEL D24, J24, J43, L11, O13, Q12, Q18)
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- Authors
- Adamopoulos, T., & Restuccia, D.
- Venue
- American Economic Review
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2014-06-01
- Volume
- 104
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1667-1697
- ISSN
- 0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2169773128
- Cited by
- 558
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 72.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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