ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING DEMAND OF SIMPLE HOUSES AT ACEH BESAR REGENCY

AbstractThe objective of this research is to find out the influence of individual income, interest, house price and location regarding on the demand of simple house at Aceh Besar Regency. Analysis method employed in this research was Quantitative Method. Data collecting in this research was Primary Data. The analysis result indicates that the demand of simple houses at Aceh Besar Regency is remarkably high. Individual income and interest give significant influence toward the demanding of the simple houses at Aceh Besar Regency, meanwhile house price and location had less impact regarding the demand of simple houses at Aceh Besar Regency. The government is highly expected to maintain and preserve the subsidy of the interest for the people. Therefore it makes easier for them to get simple houses especially at Aceh Besar Regency, because houses are also basic needs in addition to food and clothing

ANALISIS OF ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF REGENCIES IN ACEH PROVINCE (A CASE STUDY IN BANDA ACEH, SABANG, AND ACEH BESAR)

This study aims at determining the potential economic growth zones: Banda Aceh city, Sabang, and Aceh Besar regencies in Aceh province. The economic structure concerns regional and interregional specialization in the period of 2000 to 2006. This study combines two research approaches both qualitative and quantitative e.g., shift-share and regional specialization. The data used are in the form of secondary data and are taken from the Central Beauro of Statistics and Regional Government Board at the province and regencies or cities. The results of the shift-share analysis are on regional growth average of the three areas. They are positive with the highest value of Aceh Besar regency and the lowest at Sabang. For the real impact of regional economic growth, the shift-share value is positive during the observation period. Specialization index calculation results indicate a decrease in the average value of specialization indexes between regencies and cities in this region, namely from 0.065 to 0.478 in 2000 to 0.413 in 2006. Among the areas within the region it should take advantage of the excellent potential sectors in the region when trading among the three regions that have the strength in different commodities

ANALYSIS OF THE EXPORT-BASE COMMODITY SUPPLY ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ACEH, INDONESIA

The study aims to identify export base sectors and to analyse its impact to the economic growth based on the Cobb Douglas production function. Some relevant theories to support our arguments among others are base sector, export base and economic growth theory. Data of central government capital spending (CGB), local government capital spending (LGB), export average price (Pavg), provincial minimum wage (W) and linear multiple regression model is employed. The results show that the agriculture is the only basis sector in Aceh. The role of local government capital spending in the export based commodity supply  contradicts the theory, provided indication that the local government capital spending has not been able to pull the economic growth. The role of central government capital spending, export average price and minimum wage have been in accordance with the available theoretical background. All independent variables are found to be statistically significant both partially and simultaneously, indicating that those variables are economically important to develop export base sectors in Aceh, however the impact on economic growth is relatively small. Keywords: export base sector, supply for export, economic growth, Ace

ECONOMIC BENEFIT ANALYSIS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT POLICY IN THE CITY OF BANDA ACEH

AbstractThe purpose of this research is to analysed the effectof public transportation investment to the accelerationrate of traffic, to the growth of the governments'spending and income, also to evaluate the direct andindirect economic effect of this investment. The researchis done using cost benefit analysis with severalimportant assumptions. These assumptions were pickingto simplify the evaluation of the effects of the governmentinvestment on public transport in the city of Banda Aceh.The research results show that the development ofpublic transportation in the city of Banda Aceh affects toreduce the density of traffic in the city. The investmentalso results in the positive economic benefits for thecommunity. Though, for the government as the solecapital owner, the effect of this investment is notbeneficial

The Analysis of Competitiveness and Export Demand of Acehnese Coffee in the International Market

Coffee is one of commodities that have been widely traded all over the world. Most of the coffee commodity traded in the international market is Arabica coffee, and it is only a small portion of them are Robusta coffee. Aceh region that located in the most western part of Indonesia, produces most types of Arabica, only a small part of Robusta. Nationally, on the other hand, Indonesia produces most kinds of Robusta, only small parts of Arabica. This study aims to: (1) identify the competitiveness of the coffee commodity from Aceh region in the international market, (2) analyse the effects of the competitiveness on the change of export level, and (3) analyse the factors that affect the demand for the exports of coffee in the international market.The reseach employs qualitative method with a secondary data of time series over a span of 22 years from 1990 to 2012. The model used are Revealed Comparative Advantage Model (RCA), Constan Market Share Model(CMS), Adjusment Partial Model/PAM.The results of the analysis of the factors that influence the demand for the exports of Acehnese coffee in the international market, using the model of partial adjustment models (PAM) with a lag of one year exports showed, both in the short and long period of time, all the variables included in the model estimates the demand function of exports significantly affect the demand for exports. Individually, variable lag of exports, world coffee exports, world coffee prices, exchange rates and consumption stock of importing countries are positively and significantly effects the export demand, while the variable of stock of world coffee exports and revenues of importing countries has a negative and not significant effect.Whereas the variable price of the world has a significant negative effect on the demand for commodity exports of Acehnese coffee in the international market. Keywords: Competitiveness, Change in Exports, Exports Demand, International Marke

ANALISIS PENGARUH PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI DAN PENGELUARAN PEMERINTAH ACEH TERHADAP PENDAPATAN ASLI DAERAHPROVINSI ACEH SETELAH TSUNAMI

This study aimed to determine the effect of economic growth and government expenditure of Aceh on revenue (PAD) province of Aceh after the tsunami. The data used in this research are secondary data obtained from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Aceh Province. The method used to analyze data is the method of least squares (OLS) with linear regression models. Variable PAD research is the province of Aceh (Y) as the dependent variable and economic growth (X1), and government expenditures of Aceh (X2) as independent variables. Based on the survey results revealed that the variables X1 and X2 positive and significant impact on Y at the level of α = 0.10 and α = 0.01. While it simultaneously independent variables have a significant effect on the level of α = 0.01. Variation in the dependent variable explained by the independent variable capable of amounting to 82.90 percent. The estimation results of the model indicate that if all the variables are zero then the PAD province of Aceh after the tsunami (Y) amounted to 1,442 billion rupiah; if economic growth (X1) grew by 1 percent would increase by 0,016 percent y; if expenditure on governent of Aceh (X2) increase by 0,388 percent Y. Goverment of Aceh needs to increase the rate of economic growth in the province of Aceh by giving special attention to the leading sectors and potential to be developed in the province of Aceh is expected to increase the amount of revenue the Province of Aceh

ANALISIS PENGARUH INVESTASI ASING LANGSUNG (FDI) DAN INVESTASI DALAM NEGERI TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI INDONESIA

This study aims to analyze the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) and domestic investment on Indonesian economic growth. The data used was time series data on Indonesian economy from year. Furthermore, the analysis was conducted with quantitative method using Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression method with multiple regression model. The result shows that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has a positive but not significantly affected Indonesia economic growth, while Domestic Investment has a positive significant effect on Indonesian economic growth. Based on the research results, it is recommended that the Indonesia government has to maintain the stability of economic variables that can stimulate foreign and domestic investment in order to achieve sustainable economic growth.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh investasi asing langsung (FDI) dan investasi domestik pada pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia. Data yang digunakan adalah data time series pada perekonomian Indonesia dari tahun. Selanjutnya, analisis dilakukan dengan metode kuantitatif dengan menggunakan metode regresi Ordinary Least Square (OLS) dengan model regresi berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) memiliki positif tetapi tidak pertumbuhan ekonomi secara signifikan mempengaruhi Indonesia, sedangkan PMDN memiliki efek positif yang signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, disarankan agar pemerintah Indonesia harus menjaga stabilitas variabel ekonomi yang dapat merangsang investasi asing dan domestik dalam rangka mencapai pertumbuhan ekonomi yang berkelanjutan

PENGARUH PARIWISATA TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI DI KOTA SABANG

This study aims to determine the effect of the number of foreign tourists, the number of tourists, the number of attractions and the number of hotel rooms / hotel occupancy rate on regional economic growth Sabang City. The data in this study using time series data in the period 1996 to 2015 with a sample of 20 years. The analysis model used is multiple regression (multiple linear regression) through Ordinary Least Squrae (OLS). The results showed that the number of foreign tourists, the number of tourists, the number of attractions and the number of hotel rooms / hotel occupancy rate positive and significant impact on regional economic growth Sabang City. Expected for policy makers to continue to improve the tourism sector, improve and add to the transportation facilities and improve local facilities so as to make tourists feel at home and want to come back to visit City of Sabang, increase the number of tourist sites and the promotion of the tourism sector to support economic growth in the city of Sabang

PENGARUH TINGKAT UPAH RIIL DAN PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI TERHADAP KESEMPATAN KERJA SEKTOR INDUSTRI DI INDONESIA

AbstractThis study aims to influence the real wage rate and economic growth on job opportunities in industrial sectors especially large, medium, and small. Estimation of research using robust least square technique. Data in the study from 2000 to 2014. The results show that economic growth has an increased impact on employment opportunities in the industrial sector. Different results found real wages that have a positive impact. This gives the meaning of a high real wage giving more absorption. Furthermore, the small industrial sector is more vulnerable to labor shortages if economic growth declines

ANALISIS DAMPAK PEMEKARAN DAERAH KABUPATEN/KOTA TERHADAP PEMBANGUNAN MANUSIA DI PROVINSI ACEH

AbstractThe purpose of this research is to ascertain the differences of development growth between expansion and main districts, also to determine the factors that influence human development in the expansion and main districts in Aceh Province. This research used descriptive analysis and panel data regression. The descriptive analysis showed that in 10 regencies and cities, expansion is effective because the HDI growth is higher then the main districts. namely: Simeulue, Aceh Singkil, Bireuen, Aceh Barat Daya, Nagan Raya, Aceh Jaya, Bener Meriah, Pidie Jaya, Langsa and Lhokseumawe. Whereas in 3 regencies/cities, expansion is not effective namely, Gayo Lues, Aceh Tamiang and Subulussalam. The panel data regression results showed that significantly influence HDI in expansion and main districts are GDP per capita and proverty, whereas unemployment rate was not significant. GDP per capita showed positive influence, while proverty had negative influence to HDI. GDP per capita’s influence to HDI is greater, while proverty’s influence is greater in main districts