Political Connections and Characteristics of The LQ-45 Index Companies in Indonesia

Objective: Political activity relates to the activities of a State. Political activities also can influence decision-making and power. Companies often use politics in executing corporate strategies. The corporate is indicted for having political affiliation or engaging in political activity if one o...

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Main Authors: Kamilia Syaputra, Ernie Hendrawaty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Finance Institute 2020-07-01
Series:Finance, Accounting and Business Analysis
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Online Access:http://faba.bg/index.php/faba/article/view/39
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Ernie Hendrawaty
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description Objective: Political activity relates to the activities of a State. Political activities also can influence decision-making and power. Companies often use politics in executing corporate strategies. The corporate is indicted for having political affiliation or engaging in political activity if one or more of its board of directors, commissioners, or shareholders is involved in political activity. This study aimed to seem at the political connections and characteristics of companies that are politically connected and without political connections within the Indonesia LQ-45 Index. Methodology: The samples during this study were 21 political-connected companies and five companies with no political connections within the Indonesian stock market for 2014-2018. The statistical model wont to test the hypothesis is the Ordinary least squares regression (OLS) Method. Results: The results show that the difference between politically connected and non-politically connected companies is apparent within the company's leverage, but does not show any significant impact on the tax and profitability of the LQ-45 Index companies during the amount 2014-2018. Political connections can only support the financing of enterprise debt. Implication: Characteristics of politically connected and non-politically connected companies are only reflected in leverage corporate but have no effect on tax and profitability payments to the LQ-45 Index companies during the period 2014-2018. Political connections can only support the financing of enterprise debt.
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spelling doaj.art-83e3d9305855463db790f5aeb91d29d02023-03-27T21:19:48ZengPublic Finance InstituteFinance, Accounting and Business Analysis2603-53242020-07-01226571Political Connections and Characteristics of The LQ-45 Index Companies in IndonesiaKamilia Syaputra0Ernie Hendrawaty1Faculty of Economics and Business, Lampung University, IndonesiaFaculty of Economics and Business, Lampung University, IndonesiaObjective: Political activity relates to the activities of a State. Political activities also can influence decision-making and power. Companies often use politics in executing corporate strategies. The corporate is indicted for having political affiliation or engaging in political activity if one or more of its board of directors, commissioners, or shareholders is involved in political activity. This study aimed to seem at the political connections and characteristics of companies that are politically connected and without political connections within the Indonesia LQ-45 Index. Methodology: The samples during this study were 21 political-connected companies and five companies with no political connections within the Indonesian stock market for 2014-2018. The statistical model wont to test the hypothesis is the Ordinary least squares regression (OLS) Method. Results: The results show that the difference between politically connected and non-politically connected companies is apparent within the company's leverage, but does not show any significant impact on the tax and profitability of the LQ-45 Index companies during the amount 2014-2018. Political connections can only support the financing of enterprise debt. Implication: Characteristics of politically connected and non-politically connected companies are only reflected in leverage corporate but have no effect on tax and profitability payments to the LQ-45 Index companies during the period 2014-2018. Political connections can only support the financing of enterprise debt.http://faba.bg/index.php/faba/article/view/39political connectionleveragetaxprofitability
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Political Connections and Characteristics of The LQ-45 Index Companies in Indonesia
Finance, Accounting and Business Analysis
political connection
leverage
tax
profitability
title Political Connections and Characteristics of The LQ-45 Index Companies in Indonesia
title_full Political Connections and Characteristics of The LQ-45 Index Companies in Indonesia
title_fullStr Political Connections and Characteristics of The LQ-45 Index Companies in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Political Connections and Characteristics of The LQ-45 Index Companies in Indonesia
title_short Political Connections and Characteristics of The LQ-45 Index Companies in Indonesia
title_sort political connections and characteristics of the lq 45 index companies in indonesia
topic political connection
leverage
tax
profitability
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