SMEs’ CREDIT DEMAND AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN INDONESIA

M. Shabri ABD. MAJID

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Business, Syiah Kuala Kuala University, Indonesia

mshabri@unsyiah.ac.id

HAMDANI

Financial Consultant for the SMEs and Bank’s Partner, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Graduate Student in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Syiah Kuala Kuala University, Indonesia

hamdani.aceh@gmail.com

Muhammad NASIR

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Business, Syiah Kuala Kuala University, Indonesia

nasirmsi@yahoo.com

FAISAL

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Business, Syiah Kuala Kuala University, Indonesia

faisal_nurmala@yahoo.com

Abstract

This study aims at empirically exploring the short- and long-run relationships between economic growth, non-performing loans, interest rates and the credit demand by the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Aceh province, Indonesia. The quarterly data for the period 1995 to 2015 were analyzed by the cointegration and vector error correction model (VECM). The study documented that there was a cointegration among the economic growth, non-performing loans, interest rates and the credit demand, implying the existence of long-run equilibrium among the variables. In addition, in short-run, the study found a unidirectional causality from economic growth to credit demand, a bidirectional causality between interest rates and credit demand, while no causality existed between non-performance loan and credit demand by the SMEs in Aceh, Indonesia. Thus, to enhance the SMEs, the government should focus on promoting the economic growth by managing the stability of interest rates in the province.

Keywords: Credit demand, Economic growth, Non-performing loan, SMEs.

JEL classification: C22, E59, O49, H81
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HOW TO DEVELOP AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF URBAN GDP BY SMART CITY DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

Sabyasachi  TRIPATHI

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

sabya.tripathi@gmail.com

Abstract

The present paper tries to understand the causes behind the emergence of India’s large agglomeration (or giant cities) and how these large agglomerations are linked with economic growth. In addition, the distribution of urban economic growth is measured by the estimation of poverty, inequality and pro-poorness. The paper suggests that the upcoming “Smart cities” in India will emerge as a greater platform for future development of urban India, only if these cities surely ensure smart distribution of the fruits of urban economic growth to the poorer section of urban dwellers.

Keywords: Agglomeration, Economic growth, Poverty, Inequality, Urban India

JEL classification: O18, R11, D63

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BOOSTING THE AUTONOMY OF REGIONAL BANKING SYSTEMS AS A DRIVER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF RUSSIA

Dinara Khamitovna GALLYAMOVA

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Department of Territorial Economics, Institute of Management, Economics, and Finance, Kazan Federal University

dinara_khamitovna@list.ru

Aidar Il’darovich MIFTAKHOV

Assistant professor Department of Territorial Economics, Institute of Management, Economics, and Finance, Kazan Federal University

miftakhov.a.i@mail.ru

Abstract

The object of the research study reported in this paper is to work out a set of practical recommendations on reforming the key instruments and mechanisms that underpin state regulation of Russia’s banking sector to help boost the autonomy of its regions’ banking systems based on a set of inferences derived regarding the effect of autonomy in terms of boosts in the efficiency of regional banking systems. The authors’ practical recommendations are aimed at stimulating the self-development of the nation’s regions. Institutional regulation of the regional banking system is proceeding along the path of putting together regional financial-industrial clusters, participants in which are eligible for the long-term use of the resources available. What is open to question is the degree to which the regulator’s standards and requirements are differentiated depending on the specificity of the region’s economy and the bank’s sectoral specialization.

Keywords: state regulation, regional banking system, Central Bank of Russia, economic growth, monetary-lending policy

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