Transport Modal Choice by Multinational Firms: Firm-level Evidence from Southeast Asia

We examine transport-mode decisions by multinational firms to shed light on the role of freight logistics in multinational activity. Using a firm-level survey in Southeast Asia, we show that foreign ownership has a significantly positive and quantitatively large impact on the likelihood that air/sea...

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Published in:International economic journal 2013, 27(4), , pp.609-623
Main Authors: Hayakawa, Kazunobu, Tanaka, Kiyoyasu, Ueki, Yasushi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air transport
Borders
Companies
Foreign ownership
Infrastructure
Logistics
Multinational enterprises
multinational firms
multinomial logit
Ownership
Public infrastructure
Sea transport
Shipping
Shipping industry
Southeast Asia
Surveys
Transport mode
Transportation
Transportation policy
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Summary:We examine transport-mode decisions by multinational firms to shed light on the role of freight logistics in multinational activity. Using a firm-level survey in Southeast Asia, we show that foreign ownership has a significantly positive and quantitatively large impact on the likelihood that air/sea transportation is chosen relative to truck shipping. This result is robust to the shipping distance, cross-border freight, and transport infrastructure. Both foreign-owned exporters and importers also tend to use air/sea transportation. Thus, our analysis presents a new distinction between multinational and domestic firms in their decision over transport modes.
ISSN:1016-8737
1743-517X
DOI:10.1080/10168737.2012.719920