Pengaruh Belanja Pegawai, Belanja Barang Jasa, Belanja Modal dan Jumlah Aset Tetap Daerah terhadap Kemampuan Keuangan Pemerintah Kabupaten Kota di Provinsi Sumatera Selatan Tahun 2008 - 2013

Regional Autonomy aims to realize the independence of regional development in all aspects of life. Through autonomy, all regions in Indonesia are expected to be able to carry out all government affairs and development by relying on local own revenue (PAD). The main characteristic that embodies an autonomous region capable of berotonom lies in the financial capacity of the region. This means that the autonomous regions must have the authority and ability to explore their own financial resources to manage and use sufficient finances to finance the implementation of local government. This study aims to determine the effect of personnel expenditure, goods and services expenditure, capital expenditures and total fixed assets of the district to the financial capacity of municipal districts in the province of South Sumatra, amounting to 15 districts of the city period 2008-2013. The data used in this research is panel data that is quantitative. Further data in the analysis with Random Effects method with the help of data processing software eviews version 6. The results of this study conclude that personnel expenditure, goods and services expenditure, capital expenditures and total fixed assets area together significantly influence the financial capacity of the region. Employee expenditure variable and service spending variable partially have a significant influence with positive coefficient direction, while variable of fixed asset area partially have significant effect with negative coefficient direction, while capital expenditure variable have no significant effect to to local financial ability

ПОБУДОВА МОДЕЛІ МІНІМІЗАЦІЇ ФІНАНСОВИХ РИЗИКІВ МАШИНОБУДІВНИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ

The article is based on a financial condition indicators system, which assesses the financial risk of the enterprise, and their grouping according to the nature of the impact on the enterprise financial position. The following financial risks groups have been identified: the inappropriate capital structure, inefficient financial activity, liquidity decline, ineffective operating activities, the imbalances in cash flows and ineffective investment activities risks. Each group of indicators is selected by the "center of gravity"one representative method to construct a model for assessing the financial risk in the enterprise level. It is determined that representative indicators in identifying the financial risk in an enterprise level are: coefficient of autonomy, coefficient of turnover of capital, absolute liquidity ratio, return on sales, net cash flow ratio, total return on investment.At the next stage of constructing a model for enterprise financial risks minimizing using expert method, representative indicators are measured according to their informativity for assessing financial risk at the enterprise. Taking into account the indicators significance, a machine-building enterprises assessment financial risk model was constructed on the basis of the enterprise financial risk level indicators-representatives additive convolution with their significance weight coefficients correction.The functional dependencies between the indicators are determined given the direct and inverse nature of the link between the indicators that characterize the machine-building enterprises financial risk, using correlation-regression analysis. An optimization model for machine-building enterprises financial risks minimizing was built on the principle of limiting financial risks. Optimizing the model means getting the maximum integral index value of the financial risk neutralization level. To this end, the Kuhn-Tucker theorem is used. As a result of model optimization it was revealed that from the point of view the financial risks at machine-building enterprises level minimizing, the optimum values of financial indicators are: for the coefficient of autonomy — 0.41; for the capital turnover coefficient — 31,0; for the coefficient of absolute liquidity — 0,45; for a profitability ratio of sales — 0,29; for the coefficient of sufficiency of net cash flow — 0,60; for the coefficient of total return on investment — 0,28. The established norms of financial indicators provide financial risk minimization at machine-building enterprises.Построены модель оценки уровня финансовых рисков на машиностроительных предприятиях, а также модель минимизации финансовых рисков машиностроительных предприятий. Определены оптимальные значения финансовых нормативов: коэффициента автономии, оборачиваемости капитала, абсолютной ликвидности, рентабельности продаж, достаточности чистого денежного потока, совокупной рентабельности инвестиций, соблюдение которых снизит уровень финансовых рисков на предприятиях, обеспечит эффективность их деятельности, финансовую устойчивость, ликвидность и платежеспособность.Побудовано систему показників фінансового стану, за якими оцінюється фінансовий ризик підприємства, та здійснено їхнє групування за характером впливу на фінансовий стан підприємства. Виділено такі групи фінансових ризиків: ризик нераціональної структури капіталу, ризик неефективної фінансової діяльності, ризик зниження ліквідності, ризик неефективної операційної діяльності, ризик незбалансованості грошових потоків і ризик неефективної інвестиційної діяльності. Для побудови моделі оцінки рівня фінансового ризику на підприємстві з кожної групи показників обрано по одному репрезентативному методом «центру ваг». Визначено, що репрезентативними показниками при ідентифікації рівня фінансового ризику на підприємстві є: коефіцієнт автономії, коефіцієнт оборотності капіталу, коефіцієнт абсолютної ліквідності, коефіцієнт рентабельності продажів, коефіцієнт достатності чистого грошового потоку, сукупна рентабельність інвестицій.На наступному етапі побудови моделі мінімізації фінансових ризиків підприємства з використанням експертного методу проранговано репрезентативні показники за їхнього інформативністю для оцінки фінансового ризику на підприємстві. З урахуванням значимості показників побудовано модель оцінки фінансових ризиків машинобудівних підприємств на основі адитивної згортки показників-репрезентантів рівня фінансового ризику підприємства з коригуванням на вагові коефіцієнти їхньої значимості.Ураховуючи прямий і обернений характер зв’язку між показниками, що характеризують рівень фінансового ризику машинобудівних підприємств, з використанням кореляційно-регресійного аналізу, визначено функціональні залежності між показниками. Побудовано оптимізаційну модель мінімізації фінансових ризиків машинобудівних підприємств, в основу якої закладено принцип лімітування фінансових ризиків. Оптимізація моделі означає отримання максимального значення інтегрального показника рівня нейтралізації фінансового ризику. Для цього використано теорему Куна — Таккера. У результаті оптимізації моделі виявлено, що з позиції мінімізації рівня фінансових ризиків на машинобудівних підприємствах оптимальними значеннями фінансових показників є: для коефіцієнта автономії — 0,41; для коефіцієнта оборотності капіталу — 31,0; для коефіцієнта абсолютної ліквідності — 0,45; для коефіцієнта рентабельності продажів — 0,29; для коефіцієнта достатності чистого грошового потоку — 0,60; для коефіцієнта сукупної рентабельності інвестицій — 0,28. Установлені нормативи фінансових показників забезпечують мінімізацію фінансового ризику на машинобудівних підприємствах

Why Do Countries Matter so Much in Corporate Social Performance?

Why do levels of corporate social performance (CSP) differ so much across countries? We answer this question in an examination of CSP ratings of more than 2,600 companies from 36 countries. We find that firm characteristics explain very little of the variations in CSP ratings. In contrast, variations in country factors such as stages of economic development, culture, and institutions account for a significant proportion of variations in CSP ratings across countries. In particular, we find that CSP ratings are high in countries with high income-per-capita, strong civil liberties and political rights, and cultures oriented toward harmony and autonomy. Furthermore, we find that home country factors explain a smaller portion of the overall variations in CSP for multinationals and cross-listed firms than for non-multinationals and pure domestic firms, respectively

Effects of Changes in Public Policy on Efficiency and Productivity of General Hospitals in Vietnam

The health sector reform programme which began in Vietnam in 1989 in order to improve the efficiency of the health system has altered the way in which Vietnamese hospitals operate. The programme put the spotlight on input savings. This study aims to examine the relative efficiency of hospitals during the health reform process and assess - by looking at the relative efficiency of hospitals - the effects of the regulatory changes. The study employs the DEA two-stage approach referring to data from 101 general public hospitals over the period 1998-2006. The study revealed that there was evidence of improvement in the productivity of Vietnamese hospitals over the period 1998-2006, with a progress in total factor productivity of 1.4% per year. Furthermore, the differences in hospital efficiency can be attributed to both the regulatory changes and hospital-specific characteristics. The user fees and autonomy measures were found to increase technical efficiency. Provincial hospitals were revealed to be more technically efficient than their central counterparts and hospitals located in the North East, South East and Mekong River Delta regions performed better that hospitals from other regions

Viewing tax policy through party-colored glasses: What German politicians believe

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Effects of local fiscal policy on firm profitability

For decades, scholars and policy-makers have been interested in how fiscal policy influences entrepreneurship. Until now, research has focused on fiscal policy at the federal or regional level and used macro-economic outcome measures. Considerably less attention was given to how municipal governments can influence economic outcomes at the micro level. The present study examines the effect of municipal taxes, spending and tax compliance costs on firm profitability within the Flemish hospitality industry. This is an interesting research setting, since Flemish municipalities have far-ranging fiscal autonomy which has resulted in a proliferation of local taxes, many of which are specific to the hospitality industry. The findings reveal that local taxes have a negative impact on firm profitability, while aggregate public spending has a positive influence. The tax effect is economically relevant and exceeds the public spending impact. Finally, we find no impact of compliance costs from local taxes

The Ownership School vs. the Management School of State Enterprise Reform: Evidence from China

There are two schools of thoughts on the important issue of reforming state-owned enterprises (SOEs). We call them the ownership school and the management school. The ownership school argues that the key to the reform is to diversify SOEs' ownership, including privatization, in order to eliminate government control of SOEs. The management school emphasizes the need to improve government's management of SOEs by, for example, granting SOE employees autonomy and profit incentives. Utilizing a data set of 680 SOEs in China, covering the period of 1980 to 1994, we test the relative effectiveness of these two kinds of reform measures. This is possible due to the fact that reform measures based on each of these two schools of thoughts were practised in China. Our results yield strong support for the ownership school while leaving very mixed evidence for the management school. Moreover, we find that the impact of ownership diversification was of the same order of magnitude on the economic performance of state enterprises as that of enhancing product market competition.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/39819/3/wp435.pd

Knowledge workers and job satisfaction: Evidence from Europe

This article analyzes the determinants of job satisfaction among knowledge workers (KWs). Data from a representative sample of 14,096 employed workers from the European Social Survey (2010) are used for an empirical analysis drawing on multiple binary logistic regression models. Job satisfaction among KWs in 21 EU countries is found to be explained better by non-financial characteristics than by monetary rewards. Career advancement opportunities, flexible work schedules, colleague support, and work-family relations, as well as job security, emerge as central in explaining job satisfaction among KWs in our sample. Unlike the case for other workers (OWs), opportunities for further training and career experience are not determinants of job satisfaction among KWs. Management divisions in companies employing KWs would be well-advised to take these points into account