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Using Road Freight Movements Survey data to estimate road freight transport quotients and regional road freight flows in Australia

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  • Naude, Cliff

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Australia comprises states of varying climates, natural resource endowments, geographic area and population size. This has resulted in a diversity of regional or state economies, regional road freight flows and road networks to serve these needs. In this paper, the concept of location quotients is first examined in terms of its theoretical basis. It is then applied to Australian Bureau of Statistics 2014 Australian Road Freight Movements survey data to calculate “road freight transport” quotients across states in Australia in terms of tonnes and tonne-km, by state of origin-destination and for different commodity types. Origin and destination flows are then compared to determine the extent to which the different states are “outward-orientated” in terms of direction of flows and in what types of goods. Finally, the paper also explores implications of the study for policy analysis as well as future uses of the data, taking account of issues regarding the reliability of the survey data.

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  • Naude, Cliff, 2018. "Using Road Freight Movements Survey data to estimate road freight transport quotients and regional road freight flows in Australia," MPRA Paper 98391, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:98391
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    Keywords

    Road freight; location quotients; interregional freight flows;
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    JEL classification:

    • L9 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities
    • L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R4 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics
    • R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General
    • R42 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance; Transportation Planning
    • R5 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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