The Impact of Logistics Industry on Economic Growth: An Application in OECD Countries

The most significant elements that enable us to understand economic growth and development levels of nations are economic indicators of the country of interest.As much as these indicators have positive and high values, they affect the economic, social, psychological and cultural texture of the nation positively.These effects increase the culture, living and welfare levels of the individuals in the society.Logistics is one of the tools that play an important role in the change and improvement of economic indicators.Logistics industry provides significant macro contributions to national economy by creating employment, and creating national income and foreign investment influx.On the micro scale, logistics industry is a key industry in increasing the competitive power of corporations.Furthermore, the logistics industry has an important mission in revitalizing and improvement of the competitiveness of other industries.Today, all industries are dependent on logistics sector.The present study aimed to investigate how the logistics variables of transportation and communication affected economic growth in 34 OECD countries.The effect of both transportation industry variables and communication industry variables that form the logistics industry on the increase in per capita income in OECD countries was identified.