Bolhuis, Marijn A.; Rachapalli, Swapnika Reddy; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We exploit substantial variation in land-market institutions across Indian states and detailed micro household …-level panel data to assess the effect of distortions in land rental markets on agricultural productivity. We provide empirical … evidence that states with more rental-market activity feature less misallocation and reallocate land more efficiently over time …