{"title":"Nonlinear risk dynamics and strategic Management: Insights for LNG shipping policy and practice","authors":"Meng Bin , Chen Shuiyang , Dong Jingjing","doi":"10.1016/j.tranpol.2025.07.033","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Geopolitical risks (GPR) pose a critical and immediate challenge to the LNG shipping industry. This study employs nonlinear quantile causality tests and multivariate quantile-on-quantile regression to examine the coupling effects of GPR on the LNG freight and charter markets under varying market conditions. The robustness of the results is verified using multivariate quantile regression and kernel-based regularized least squares. The empirical findings reveal that GPR has significant nonlinear and asymmetric causal effects on the LNG freight and charter markets, with risks transferring from GPR to the markets. Under most normal market conditions, low-level geopolitical risks exhibit an insignificant impact on LNG spot freight market, short-term charter market, and long-term charter market. Under extreme market conditions at high quantiles, GPR significantly positively impacts all LNG freight and charter markets, with variations depending on ship types. GPR has a greater influence on small ships and the short-term charter market, indicating that larger ships and longer charter durations better mitigate geopolitical risks. The findings offer valuable insights to inform policy and management practice for shipowners and charterers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48378,"journal":{"name":"Transport Policy","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 103752"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Transport Policy","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X25002860","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Geopolitical risks (GPR) pose a critical and immediate challenge to the LNG shipping industry. This study employs nonlinear quantile causality tests and multivariate quantile-on-quantile regression to examine the coupling effects of GPR on the LNG freight and charter markets under varying market conditions. The robustness of the results is verified using multivariate quantile regression and kernel-based regularized least squares. The empirical findings reveal that GPR has significant nonlinear and asymmetric causal effects on the LNG freight and charter markets, with risks transferring from GPR to the markets. Under most normal market conditions, low-level geopolitical risks exhibit an insignificant impact on LNG spot freight market, short-term charter market, and long-term charter market. Under extreme market conditions at high quantiles, GPR significantly positively impacts all LNG freight and charter markets, with variations depending on ship types. GPR has a greater influence on small ships and the short-term charter market, indicating that larger ships and longer charter durations better mitigate geopolitical risks. The findings offer valuable insights to inform policy and management practice for shipowners and charterers.
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Transport Policy is an international journal aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice in transport. Its subject areas reflect the concerns of policymakers in government, industry, voluntary organisations and the public at large, providing independent, original and rigorous analysis to understand how policy decisions have been taken, monitor their effects, and suggest how they may be improved. The journal treats the transport sector comprehensively, and in the context of other sectors including energy, housing, industry and planning. All modes are covered: land, sea and air; road and rail; public and private; motorised and non-motorised; passenger and freight.