11 articles in this issue
Dyah Setyaningrum,Hidayah Asfaro Saragih
The purpose of this study is to investigate the phenomena of political dynasties in Indonesia and its effect on local government performance. Moreover, this study also examines the moderating role of good public governance on the relationship between poli... see more
Yohanes Nurcahyo Agung Wibowo,Toshihiro Kudo
Agglomeration, the spatial concentration of industries in a specific location, has been argued to improve productivity since it could provide positive externalities such as knowledge spillover, input sharing, and labor pooling. This paper examines the eff... see more
Endri Kristanto,Akhmad Daerobi,Bhimo Rizky Samudro
The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of health infrastructure and public socio-economic status on life expectancy in Indonesia. Health infrastructure indicators are health personnel, health facilities, and health insurance. Meanwhile, socio-ec... see more
Eka Khaerandy Oktafianto,Noer Azam Achsani,Tony Irawan
Unemployment is a problem that occurs in many countries and often gets special attention both from policymakers and academics. This fact is because if not addressed, it will cause socio-economic problems in the country. Therefore it is necessary to formul... see more
Saliha Meftah,Abdelkader Nassour
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an essential factor in the development of a country. This study aims to examine what factors influence foreign direct investment. By using the vector error correction model, the research shows that there is a long-term c... see more
Andika Pambudi,Eka Puspitawati,Nursechafia Nursechafia
This study investigates the competitiveness of Indonesian biodiesel export among the top seven of biodiesel trader countries in the world, as well as the factors that determine export for Indonesian biodiesel. Applying Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA)... see more
Soliu Bidemi Adegboyega,Olukayode Emmanuel Maku,Kehinde Kabir Agbatogun
This paper examines the effect of macroeconomic variables, demographic factors toward current account balance in Nigeria. It analyzed the connection between each of domestic savings and investment on current account balance by examining the role and direc... see more
Philip Ifeakachukwu Nwosa,Fasina Oluwadamilola Tosin,Ogbuagu Matthew Ikechukwu
The issue of export diversification has been contentious in Nigeria due to the country’s unstable growth pattern which is majorly associated with instability in the international oil market and the poor performance of other sectors of the economy. Therefo... see more
Zeraibi Ayoub,Subhadeep Mukherjee
This study investigates the role of Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the economic growth in China. The data used for the study is a time series of the period from 1985-2016. These researches use the gross domestic product (GDP) as a dependent variable. For the in... see more
Muhammad Anif Afandi,Muhammad Amin
Islamic banking industry shows a reasonably good development, one of which is marked by an increase in service coverage in almost all provinces in Indonesia. However, the question is how far Islamic banking capable of contributing to the improvement of In... see more