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Economics

Universitas Indonesia

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2012

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Perdebatan Teori Rasionalitas Dalam Menjelaskan Terbentuknya Biaya Transaksi Pada Seleksi Pegawai Negeri, M. Firmansyah, Agus Suman, Asfi Manzilati, Susilo Susilo Jul 2012

Perdebatan Teori Rasionalitas Dalam Menjelaskan Terbentuknya Biaya Transaksi Pada Seleksi Pegawai Negeri, M. Firmansyah, Agus Suman, Asfi Manzilati, Susilo Susilo

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

A civil servant selection attributes transaction cost. Aim of this conceptual paper is to explain behavior of transaction cost payment from perspective theory of the rationale of economics. This study was conducted by understanding various theories regarding a phenomena of transaction cost payment. This study revealed transaction cost payment as typical self interest and utility maximization (neo-classic rationality), to behave as Al-Nafs Al-Ammarah (Islamic rationality). The transaction cost payment was encouraged by perception, understanding and prior experiences (Keynes rationality), environment (psychology rationality). However, there was a limited scope of information for transaction cost payment (bounded rationality).

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Analisis Dampak Impor Cina Terhadap Kebertahanan Dan Pertumbuhan Industri Tekstil Dan Produk Tekstil Indonesia, Laela Dika Wulandari Jul 2012

Analisis Dampak Impor Cina Terhadap Kebertahanan Dan Pertumbuhan Industri Tekstil Dan Produk Tekstil Indonesia, Laela Dika Wulandari

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We try to analyze the impact of Chinese Textile and Garment (T&G) imports, and the internal and external factors to the firm survival and growth of T&G industry in Indonesia, for the period study of 2002 to 2007. Probit regression model is used to analyze the impact of Chinese imports to the survival of firm, while OLS regression model is used to analyze its growth. It shows that the ability of firms' survival is influenced by the internal and external factors. The Chinese imports give positive impact to the firms' survival ability. On the other hand, firm's growth is only …

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Ketahanan Pangan Di Kawasan Timur Indonesia, Triana Rachmaningsih, D. S. Priyarsono Jul 2012

Ketahanan Pangan Di Kawasan Timur Indonesia, Triana Rachmaningsih, D. S. Priyarsono

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This study aims at analyzing the dynamics of food security and the factors that influence food security in Eastern Indonesia. The methodology used is panel data tobit model of 190 districts/municipalities in the Eastern Indonesia from 2008 to 2010. Based on the classification of the food security degree, the majority of households in Eastern Indonesia are categorized as the vulnerable. Food security is affected by percentage of poor people, GRDP per capita, female illiteracy rate and average years of schooling. Based on the elasticity, education has the highest contribution in improving food security in the Eastern Indonesia.

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Perilaku Tabungan Asean 5, Jepang, Cina, Korea, Dan Implikasinya Terhadap Ketidakseimbangan Global, Sugiharso Safuan, Heidy Ruswita Sari Jul 2012

Perilaku Tabungan Asean 5, Jepang, Cina, Korea, Dan Implikasinya Terhadap Ketidakseimbangan Global, Sugiharso Safuan, Heidy Ruswita Sari

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The study examines saving behavior in ASEAN 5+3 namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, China, and Korea during 1991-2007 and its implication toward global imbalances. By using fixed effect panel data regression, this research shows that government spending, interest rate and inflation, financial development through private domestic credit and stock market capitalization along with the 1997 Asian crisis significantly affect the saving behavior. As a result, a macroeconomic stability through interest rate and inflation, the reinforcement of financial development and crisis anticipation policy are required to support global re-balancing through global saving redistribution.

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Pembangunan Indeks Kinerja Industri, Dewi Setiawati, Nachrowi D. Nachrowi Jul 2012

Pembangunan Indeks Kinerja Industri, Dewi Setiawati, Nachrowi D. Nachrowi

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

This research develops Industrial Performance Index and shows annual performance index among industries through all and each indicator from 2004 to 2007. There are three criteria and 19 indicators, (1) output (value added, wage, firm), (2) production factor (labor, capital, and technological progress), (3) production cost (labor and capital productivity, material and energy efficiency). The result shows the best performance industry, (1) in 2007 is transportation industry excluded four or more wheel vehicle, (2) in 2006 is recycling industry, (3) in 2005 is machinery and office equipment industry, (4) in 2004 is food and beverage industry.

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Dampak Desentralisasi Fiskal Terhadap Disparitas Akses Pendidikan Dasar Di Indonesia, Shinta Doriza, Deniey A. Purwanto, Ernita Maulida Jul 2012

Dampak Desentralisasi Fiskal Terhadap Disparitas Akses Pendidikan Dasar Di Indonesia, Shinta Doriza, Deniey A. Purwanto, Ernita Maulida

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The objective of fiscal decentralization objective in Indonesia is to reduce development disparities. Regarding education development, one crucial issue is access disparity. Using 440 sub provincial database during 2005-2009, this study is aim to analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization in reducing disparity of primary education access. Using fixed-effect model, the result showed that Dana Alokasi Khusus (DAK) for Education, DAK Non Education, and Pendapatan Asli Daerah (PAD) have significant impact in reducing education access disparity along with the wealth and regional characteristics. Nonetheless efforts need to be done to optimize the equalization of education access including strengthening the provincial …

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Instrumen Stimulus Fiskal: Pilihan Kebijakan Dan Pengaruhnya Terhadap Perekonomian, Wisynu Wardhana, Djoni Hartono Jan 2012

Instrumen Stimulus Fiskal: Pilihan Kebijakan Dan Pengaruhnya Terhadap Perekonomian, Wisynu Wardhana, Djoni Hartono

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This study aims to identify the impact of the fiscal stimulus instrument choices on the economy, and to formulate policy options appropriate with the fiscal stimulus in boosting the economy, especially on economic growth, employment, and household income. The analysis tools is Applied General Equilibrium Model for Fiscal Policy Analysis (AGEFIS) using the Social Accounting Matrix database (SAM) of Indonesia in 2005. The simulation results show that (i) fiscal stimulus provide a boost to economic growth, employment, and household income, but on the other hand have a potential to cause an increase in price, (ii) government spending and cutting taxes …

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Kinerja Keuangan Daerah, Infrastruktur, Dan Kemiskinan: Analisis Kabupaten/Kota Di Indonesia 2006{2009, Diyah Nugraheni, D. S. Priyarsono Jan 2012

Kinerja Keuangan Daerah, Infrastruktur, Dan Kemiskinan: Analisis Kabupaten/Kota Di Indonesia 2006{2009, Diyah Nugraheni, D. S. Priyarsono

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One important aspect of fiscal decentralization policy is delegation of authority and responsibility of management of public finance to regional governments, especially those of municipalities/districts. After more than ten years of implementation, it is now the right time to evaluate the policy questioning how effective its impacts on regional economic development. The study intends to find on how effective the performance of regional public finance is in providing basic infrastructures and how effective the provision of basic infrastructures reduces the poverty rates. By using panel data methods, this study confirms the positive relationship between performance of regional finance management and …

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Pengaruh Ketidakmayoritasan Partai Politik Kepala Daerah Di Dprd (Divided Government) Terhadap Keterlambatan Penetapan Apbd, Sigit Wahyu Kartiko Jan 2012

Pengaruh Ketidakmayoritasan Partai Politik Kepala Daerah Di Dprd (Divided Government) Terhadap Keterlambatan Penetapan Apbd, Sigit Wahyu Kartiko

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Why is APBD (Regional Budget) often enacted after the budgeted financial year has started? Is it because of political factor? The research would like to highlight the economic and political perspectives of divided government as one of the factors of the bad performance of the Regional Budget (APBD) enactment. By using logit regression equation model, a result obtained shows that government formations from Legislative General Elections 2004 and Direct Local Elections of the years 2005, 2006, and 2007, such as single minority party, minority coalition, majority coalition, and single majority party, influence the regional late budget of the year 2008-2009.

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Determinan Intensitas Energi Di Indonesia, Fitri Kartiasih, Yusman Syaukat, Lukytawati Anggraeni Jan 2012

Determinan Intensitas Energi Di Indonesia, Fitri Kartiasih, Yusman Syaukat, Lukytawati Anggraeni

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This study contributes to the existing literature by examining energy consumption, energy intensity and its determinants in Indonesia's aggregate and sectoral economy. Index Ideal Fisher uses to decompose two key determinants of changes in energy intensity - efficiency improvements and changes in economic activity - to analyze which determinant is more important in driving improvements in energy intensity. VAR/VECM analysis is used to determine which economic variables affect the aggregate intensity. The study found that energy intensity increased gradually. The main contributing factor in the national level is the changes in economic activity, while in the sectoral level is efficiency …

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Analisis Pengaruh Transfer Pemerintah Pusat Terhadap Upaya Pemungutan Pajak Kabupaten/Kota Di Indonesia, Ruth Nikijuluw Jan 2012

Analisis Pengaruh Transfer Pemerintah Pusat Terhadap Upaya Pemungutan Pajak Kabupaten/Kota Di Indonesia, Ruth Nikijuluw

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

The main objective of this research is to get analytical results about the impact of intergovernmental transfers on the municipalities tax effort over the period of 2005-2008. This research uses regression approach method to calculate tax effort index and panel regression method to address the impact of central government transfer. Empirical evidence supports that generally intergovernmental transfers in kind of dana perimbangan has a positive relation with local tax effort. Meanwhile using the component of dana perimbangan, an increase in the untied grants (block grants), Dana Alokasi Umum (DAU) and Dana Bagi Hasil (DBH), significantly pushes the growth of …

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Pengangguran, Lama Mencari Kerja, Dan Reservation Wage Tenaga Kerja Terdidik, N. Haidy. A. Pasay, Ratna Indrayanti Jan 2012

Pengangguran, Lama Mencari Kerja, Dan Reservation Wage Tenaga Kerja Terdidik, N. Haidy. A. Pasay, Ratna Indrayanti

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Number of educated unemployment is increasing every year. Of the 8.59 million unemployed labor force in 2010, 4.8 million of whom are middle and high educated unemployed. Meanwhile, unemployment duration was 11 months. Two step Heckman method is employed to estimate reservation wage. The OLS estimates duration of search for educated unemployment as well as by social, demographic, and regional characteristics. Search duration for middle and high educated workforce is longer than low educated workforce. The reservation wage of highly educated labor force by social, demographic, and regional characteristics is higher than other labor force.

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Pengaruh Penggabungan Mata Uang Di Uni Eropa Terhadap International Risk Sharing Dan Home Bias, Risna Triandhari, Sugiharso Safuan Jan 2012

Pengaruh Penggabungan Mata Uang Di Uni Eropa Terhadap International Risk Sharing Dan Home Bias, Risna Triandhari, Sugiharso Safuan

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

Resident of the industrialized countries can lower some of their economic risk they face by diversifying their portfolios including foreign assets. In the world with perfect capital mobility, international risk sharing will reduce saving with constant relative risk aversion. The objective of this study to analyze the impact of the establishment of single currency on the degree of international risk sharing and the home bias among country member of European Union (EU). Using panel data, the increasing output correlation between individual countries and group of eleventh countries indicate the adoption of single currency increase the degree of international risk sharing.

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