I develop a method to measure and separate the production misallocation caused by failures in factor markets versus … financial markets. When I apply the method to rice farming villages in Thailand I find surprisingly little misallocation …. Optimal reallocation would increase output in most villages by less than 15 percent. By 2006 most misallocation comes from …

misallocation in agriculture during the period between 2006 and 2016. Despite rapid growth in agricultural productivity and a …We examine important changes in agriculture in Viet Nam in the context of ongoing structural changes in the economy. We … reallocation of factor inputs to more productive farmers, we find that misallocation across farmers remains high and increased …

This paper explores the extent of factor misallocation in Vietnam’s cropping sector and how it is related to land … mechanism to improve agricultural factors’ allocation, however temporary land transfers only improve efficiency when they happen …