The present work focuses on the location determinants of the transport and logistics (from now logistics) FDI, which has been less studied than the other type of services investments. In particular, the investments of the Italian MNE in the European Union area are analyzed with the aim to explore the main location determinants. The methodology is based on an econometric analysis (OLS model), in which the dependent variable is the stock in 2009 of the outward FDI undertaken by the Italian transport and logistics MNE in UE26 and the explanatory variables have been chosen on the basis of the literature review, and on the data availability. The paper is organised as follow: after the introduction, the results of the literature review on the FDI determinants are presented and a description of the data and methodology follow. Than descriptive statistics and the results of the econometric estimation are described and discussed in section four and the conclusions are drawn in section five.

ITALIAN TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS FDIS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

MARIOTTI, ILARIA
2012-01-01

Abstract

The present work focuses on the location determinants of the transport and logistics (from now logistics) FDI, which has been less studied than the other type of services investments. In particular, the investments of the Italian MNE in the European Union area are analyzed with the aim to explore the main location determinants. The methodology is based on an econometric analysis (OLS model), in which the dependent variable is the stock in 2009 of the outward FDI undertaken by the Italian transport and logistics MNE in UE26 and the explanatory variables have been chosen on the basis of the literature review, and on the data availability. The paper is organised as follow: after the introduction, the results of the literature review on the FDI determinants are presented and a description of the data and methodology follow. Than descriptive statistics and the results of the econometric estimation are described and discussed in section four and the conclusions are drawn in section five.
2012
Transport and logistics; FDI; EU27
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