The Analysis of Financial Capacity Level of Parent Regional Government in Indonesia Before and After Proliferation of Administrative Region

Abstract

This research aims to find out the level of financial capacity of regional government in Indonesia before and after the proliferation of administrative region. The level of financial capacity is measured using analysis of local financial ratio consisting of regional financial independence ratio, degree of fiscal decentralization ratio, Local-Own Source Revenue (OSR) per capita growth analysis, and OSR effectiveness ratio. The number of sample used in this research is 15 districts in Indonesia which were split in 2008, 2012, and 2013 using purposive sampling method. Data used in this research is secondary data of Budget Realization Report of State Budget from Directorate General Suhairi 3 of Fiscal Balance of Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia. Technique used to analyze data is analysis of local financial ratio and t-test (paired sample test). The result of t-test shows that there is significant difference between regional financial independence and degree of fiscal decentralization before and after the proliferation of administrative region. There is no significant difference between the OSR per capita growth and OSR effectiveness either before or after the proliferation of administrative region .