Mapping the Moderating Role of Logistics Performance of Logistics Infrastructure on Economic Growth in Developing Countries

Zunaira Khadim, Irem Batool, Ahsan Akbar, Petra Poulova and Minahs Akbar
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Zunaira Khadim: Department of Economics, National College of Business Administration & Economics, Lahore 54660, Pakistan
Irem Batool: Department of Management Sciences, Sahiwal Campus, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal 57000, Pakistan
Ahsan Akbar: Department of Informatics and Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Petra Poulova: Department of Informatics and Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Minahs Akbar: Department of Management Sciences, Sahiwal Campus, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal 57000, Pakistan

Economies, 2021, vol. 9, issue 4, 1-12

Abstract: Logistics performance is an important determinant of economic growth. The present study investigates the moderating role of logistics performance of the logistic infrastructure on economic growth in developing countries. We employ the World Bank computed LPI index in the year 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 to measure the logistic performance. The current research includes the 50 developing economies, and a panel data set comprising of total 300 observations is collected. The study used the conventional Cobb–Douglas production function with labor, capital stock as main drivers of economic growth. The study found that the labor and capital endowments have significantly different impacts in terms of elasticity coefficients for developing countries with different logistics performance levels. It implies that logistics performance, i.e., the efficient performance of logistic infrastructure, plays a moderator role in economic growth in developing economies.

Keywords: logistic performance; logistics performance index; economic growth; higher LPI performer developing economies; low LPI performer developing economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E F I J O Q (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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