Influence of Macro Economic Factors, Banking Industry Factor, and Banking Specific Factors on Banking Profitability in Indonesia: Panel Data Analysis

This paper studied the effect of the socio-economic variables related to social vulnerability on wildfire characteristics (ignitions, hectares burned, and ratio hectares burned/ignitions) in Galicia, Spain. The study recognized that wildfires present threats to people and communities, so actions might be taken to address vulnerabilities in ways that mitigate the negative impacts of such fires. Our final aim was to identify those variables that are relevant to the starting and spreading of wildfires that can help improve the prevention and mitigation of wildfires. Panel data collected over 15 years (2001–2015) for the municipalities of Galicia were used in this study. The results show that vulnerability-related socio-economic factors affect the number of wildfires and the extent of the destruction they cause. Indeed, the progressive abandonment of rural areas is one of the most important problems that increases the occurrence of wildfires. This abandonment is connected to population factors such as aging or low density of population, economic factors such as the decrease in income or low cadastral value, and territorial factors such as the decrease in rustic hectares and ranches. We conclude that prevention and mitigation focused on areas prone to wildfires could be enhanced by taking into account these variables.

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The Influence of Market Structure in Indonesian Banking Performance

JEJAK ◽

10.15294/jejak.v13i1.21458 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 120-134

Author(s):

Maal Naylah ◽

Cahyaningratri Cahyaningratri

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Panel Data ◽

Market Structure ◽

Market Share ◽

Negative Correlation ◽

Commercial Banks ◽

Banking Industry ◽

Panel Data Analysis ◽

Effect Model ◽

Efficiency Hypothesis

There are three hypotheses about structure-conduct-performance paradigm; traditional hypothesis, differentiation hypothesis and efficiency hypothesis. The objective of this research is to examine how strong the influence of market structure in banking performance. This study uses the fix effect model by applying the Weiss model. This research also tries to prove whether market share and concentration in the banking industry as a proxy to efficiency. The result of the panel data analysis conducted on a sample of 15 biggest commercial banks over the period from 2009 to 2018 is strongly reject the traditional hypothesis. The empirical findings suggest that market concentration has a negative correlation between profitability, it means that Indonesian banking industry strongly reject the traditional hypothesis and support efficiency hypothesis and there is a positive correlation between market share and profitability, supports the differentiation hypothesis.

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Credit Market Depth and Income Inequality in Vietnam: A Panel-Data Analysis

Journal of Economics and Development ◽

10.33301/2016.18.02.01 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 5-18

Author(s):

Hoi Le Quoc ◽

Hoi Chu Minh

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Panel Data ◽

Income Inequality ◽

Financial Development ◽

Inflection Point ◽

Panel Data Analysis ◽

Credit Market ◽

Method Of Moment ◽

Market Depth ◽

Generalized Method Of Moment

Financial development could exert various effects on income distribution of a country. By employing Generalized Method of Moment, this paper aims at examining the impacts of credit market depth, one of most used financial development barometers, on income inequality in Vietnam. The empirical findings show that expanding credit market in the country could lead to higher income inequality. We have not found evidence that supports the hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped relation ever introduced by Greenwood and Jovanovich, although this hypothesis may still hold in a sense that Vietnam has not reached to the inflection point to generate such a curve alike.

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