Proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Management Research (ICBMR 2017)

The Effect of Head of Region Characteristics on Local Government Financial Performance: The Case of Indonesia

Authors
Endang Sri Rahayu, Doddy Setiawan
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Endang Sri Rahayu
Available Online November 2017.
DOI
10.2991/icbmr-17.2017.7How to use a DOI?
Keywords
head of region characteristics, local government, financial performance, political party
Abstract

This study investigated the effect of head of region characteristics on local government financial performance. The head of region characteristics consists of age, tenure, education level, gender and affiliation of political parties. The sample of the study consists of 1,100 Local Government Financial Report which has been audited by Supreme Audit Board during of 2011 - 2015 period. Financial performance was measured by using budget absorption and the ratio of regional autonomy. The results of the study found that age of the head of the region has a positive effect on the financial performance of local government, tenure of the regional head has a negative effect, education level of the regional head has no effect, female head of the region has a negative effect, and affiliation of local political parties has a negative effect on the financial performance of local government.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Management Research (ICBMR 2017)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
November 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-431-6
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/icbmr-17.2017.7How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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