We examine transport modal decision 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.
権利
Copyrights 日本貿易振興機構（ジェトロ）アジア経済研究所 / Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) http://www.ide.go.jp
雑誌名
IDE Discussion Paper
雑誌名(英)
IDE Discussion Paper
巻
318
発行年
2011-11-01
出版者
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
著者版フラグ
publisher
日本十進分類法
335.50223
JEL分類
JEL:F15 - Economic Integration
JEL:F23 - Multinational Firms; International Business
JEL:R41 - Transportation: Demand; Supply; Congestion; Safety and Accidents
地域/国名
東南アジア
キーワード(LSH)
International business enterprises
Industrial management
Transportation
Costs
Southeast Asia
Transport mode
Logistics
Multinational firms
Multinomial logit
Transport modal choice by multinational firms : firm-level evidence from Southeast Asia
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