@techreport{oai:ir.ide.go.jp:00037856, author = {Hayakawa, Kazunobu and Tanaka, Kiyoyasu and Ueki, Yasushi}, month = {Nov}, note = {application/pdf, IDP000318_001, 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.}, title = {Transport modal choice by multinational firms : firm-level evidence from Southeast Asia}, year = {2011} }