Abstract

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INDEX

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  • A

  • Aggarwal, R., 112

  • Asia, generally

    • banking sector exposure to corporate

    • risk, 96–98

    • causes of inflation, 8–15, 12t

    • corporate loan default risk, 100–2

    • foreign exchange reserves, 63, 64f, 65–67, 65f

    • governance quality, 96, 96f

    • Indonesia’s trading partners, 49–50, 50f, 51–53, 52f

    • infation rate comparison, 3–4, 4f, 5–6t, 7f

    • quality of corporate governance, 86, 86f

  • Asian financial crisis (1997–98)

    • corporate governance as factor in, xi, 81

    • effect on corporate ownership structure, 84

    • inflation outcomes in Asia, 3–4

    • outcomes in Indonesia, vii

    • output losses in, 67–68, 68t

    • policy response in Indonesia, vii postcrisis reforms, 94–96

  • B

  • Bank Indonesia

    • balance sheet, 116, 116t

    • coordination of micro- and macro-supervision, 115

    • inflation targeting regime, ix, 15, 28–29

    • as lender of last resort, 113

    • profit and loss patterns, 117t

    • prompt corrective action regime, 112

    • recent reforms, 109, 115

    • recommendations for government

    • bonds, xii, 115–17

    • recommendations for promoting

    • financial autonomy, xii, 115, 117

    • recommendations for supervisory and regulatory function, 111

  • Bank Indonesia Act, 109, 113n

  • Bank Indonesia Certificates (SBIs), 29n, 116

  • Bankruptcy and restructuring laws, 105

  • Basel Core Principles for Effective

  • Banking Supervision, 110–11

  • Basel II implementation, 109, 111

  • Benston, G.J., 112

  • Borrowing rates, government

    • domestic borrowing rates and, 21

    • foreign reserves coverage and, 72–75

    • inflation effects, 19, 20f

  • C

  • Capital adequacy ratio of Indonesian

  • banks, xi, 109

  • Capital flows

    • current vulnerabilities of corporate

    • sector, 98–100

    • effects of 2008–09

    • financial crisis, xii foreign exchange reserves to control

    • effects of, 63, 66

    • Indonesia’s recent policies and

    • performance, viii, x insurance model of foreign exchange

    • reserve levels, 67–72

    • public debt and, 32

    • recent patterns, 66, 67

  • Capital Investment Coordinating Board, 106

  • Cerra, V., 68n

  • China, 50, 51

  • Commodity export boom course of, 47

    • Dutch disease risk, x, 47, 55–58, 62

    • exchange rate appreciation in, 53, 54f, 56

    • price volatility trends, 60–61, 61f

    • source of, 47–50

    • terms-of-trade concerns, 60, 62, 62f

    • trading partners, 49–50, 50f, 51–53, 52f

    • vulnerability concerns, x, 47, 53–55, 58–60

  • Consumer price index, inflation patterns, 4, 8f, 17

  • Contingent claims analysis, 100–104

  • Corporate governance

    • debt ratios, 98

    • macroeconomic significance, 81

    • market valuation of firm and, 82, 88–90

    • ownership structure, 82, 84, 85f, 87, 96

    • quality trends, 84–86

    • recent history, xi

    • recommendations for improving, xi regional comparison, 86, 86f

    • responses to 1997–98

    • financial crisis, 94–96

    • risk-taking behavior, 82

    • See also Leverage, corporate governance and

  • Corporate sector

    • access to information about, 106–7

    • accounting and auditing practices, 106

    • bank loans, 93, 96–98, 97f, 103, 104

    • current vulnerabilities, 98, 99f

    • default risk modeling, 100–104, 101f

    • global market risks, 98–99

    • international borrowing by, 98, 99t

    • new firm registration process, 106

    • at onset of 2008–09

    • financial crisis, 94–98

    • outcomes of 2008–09

    • financial crisis, xi, 93, 105

    • process for becoming publicly traded

    • firm, 107

    • regional comparison of default risk, 101–2, 103, 104

    • size of firm as performance factor, 81, 83, 88, 103–4

    • small and medium enterprises, 96–98, 103–4

    • spillover effects in financial sector, 93, 103–4

    • Standard and Poor’s credit ratings, 102, 102f

    • strategies for improving, xi, 105–7

    • See also Corporate governance; Leverage, corporate governance and

  • Credit access. See Leverage, corporate governance and

  • Credit Information Bureau, 106

  • Credit ratings, vii

  • Crisis prevention

    • coordination of micro- and macro-supervision, 114–15

    • Indonesia’s accomplishments, viii, 94–96

    • recommendations for financial safety net, xi, xii, 110, 113–14

    • recommendations for monetary policy, ix

    • See also Prompt corrective action regime

  • D

  • Deficit control, viii, ix–x, 36. See also Public debt

  • Deposit guarantee agency (LPS), 110, 111, 112, 113–14

  • Deposit insurance, 110, 113

  • Dutch disease, x, 47, 55–58, 62

  • E

  • Economic growth

    • corporate leverage decisions and, 81

    • effects of 2008

    • global financial crisis, vii inflation and, 3, 19

    • public debt and, 32n

  • Emerging Markets Bond Index, 69

  • Employment

    • output gap in inflation, 8, 9f, 12, 12t, 13, 15

    • sectoral distribution, 56, 58f

  • Exchange rate

    • capital flow management, viii, x

    • causes of inflation in Indonesia, 14–15

    • commodity export boom and, 53, 54f, 56

    • Dutch disease hypothesis, 55

    • inflation and, 7, 11f

    • success of Indonesia’s policies, viii

  • Export boom. See Commodity export boom

  • F

  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  • Improvement Act, 112

  • Financial safety net, xi, xii, 110, 113–14

  • Financial sector

    • asset classification, 111

    • Basel II implementation, 109, 111

    • capital requirements, 109

    • coordination of micro- and macro-supervision, 114–15

    • corporate sector spillover effects, 93, 103–4

    • corrective action regime, xii

    • default risk of corporate loans, 100–104, 101f

    • deposit insurance, xi, 110

    • effectiveness of bank supervision and

    • regulation reforms, viii, xi, 109–10

    • effects of 2008

    • global financial crisis, viii, 93

    • exposure, definition and limits of, 110

    • legal protection for authorities involved

    • in crisis management, 112, 113, 115

    • loan portfolios, 93, 96–98

    • nonperforming loans, 98, 104, 109

    • prompt corrective action regime, xii, 111–12

    • return on assets, xi, 109

    • strategies for strengthening, xi–xii, 105, 109, 110–15

    • stress test findings, viii, xi, 110

    • systemic and nonsystemic risk, 113, 114–15

  • Financial Sector Assessment Program, viii, xi–xii, 109, 110, 111, 115

  • Financial Stability Forum, 110

  • Fiscal policies

    • framework for assessing sustainability

    • of public debt, 34, 35

    • need for risk assessment in strategy

    • planning, 34

    • recent performance in debt management, ix–x, 31

    • risk assessment of medium-term

    • strategy, 34–44

    • vulnerability to shocks, x

  • Food price inflation, 4

  • Foreign currency debt, 31

  • Foreign exchange reserves

    • current levels, 63, 64, 65, 66–67, 69–70, 75–76

    • current policies and outcomes, x–xi effects of 2008

    • financial crisis, vii external liabilities and, 66–67

    • Greenspan-Guidotti rule, 65, 66

    • insurance model of optimal levels, 67–72, 76

    • international comparison, 63, 64f, 65–67, 65f, 67f

    • measures of reserve adequacy, 66

    • opportunity costs of, 69

    • as percent of GDP, 63, 68–69

    • rationale for buildup, 63–64

    • recent trends, x, 63, 66

    • recommendations for, 64, 65

    • threshold model of spreads-reserves

    • elasticity, 72–75, 76t, 77t

  • Fuel subsidies

    • administrative price adjustments, 18, 18f

    • costs, 33

    • fiscal sustainability risk assessment, 36–39, 42–43, 44

    • future prospects, 44

    • inflation and, viii, 18

    • negative effects, 33

    • projected spending, 33

    • recommendations for reform, x, 44

  • G

  • Global financial crisis (2008–09) commodity export trade and, 47

    • corporate default risk after, 100–105

    • effects on corporate performance, xi foreign exchange reserves and, 63

    • health of Indonesia’s corporate sector

    • going into, 94–96

    • outcomes in Indonesia, vii, xi, 93, 94f

  • Governance and bureaucratic functioning

    • inflation and, 12–13, 12t

    • new firm registration process, 106

    • regional comparison of governance

    • quality, 96, 96f

    • strategies for strengthening corporate sector, 106–7

  • Government bonds (SUPs)

    • Bank Indonesia holdings, 116

    • restructuring for trade, xii, 115–17

    • term premium calculations, 19–20

    • term structure model for determining

    • yields, 22–24

    • See also inflation risk premium for government bonds

  • H

  • Harris, M., 83, 87

  • Hong Kong SAR, 69

  • I

  • India, 50, 51

  • inflation

    • across consumer price index

    • components, 4, 8f

    • administrative price adjustments and, 18

    • adverse effects, ix borrowing costs and, 19, 20f

    • causes of, generally, 4–8, 12t

    • causes of, in Indonesia, ix, 8–15

    • central bank independence and, 7

    • costs of uncertainty in forecasting, 17, 19

    • econometric analysis, 11–15

    • economic growth and, 3, 19

    • effectiveness of targeting, 18, 19f

    • expectation effects, 4–7, 25–26, 27–29

    • future prospects, 15

    • inertia effects, 4–7, 8, 8f, 12, 12t, 13, 14

    • monetary and exchange rate policy and, 7, 9–10, 11f, 13, 14–15

    • output gap and, 8, 9f, 12, 12t, 13, 15

    • political and governance factors, 7–9, 10f, 12–13, 14

    • rationale for lowering and stabilizing, ix recent policies and outcomes in

    • Indonesia, viii regional comparison, 3–4, 4f, 5–6t, 6f, 9–11, 17–18, 17f, 18f

    • volatility, ix, 18–19, 18f, 24

    • See also inflation risk premium for government bonds

  • inflation risk premium for government bonds

    • historical inflation volatility as source

    • of, 17–19

    • investor uncertainty as source of, ix, 27–29

    • methodology for calculating, 19–24

    • projections, 20

    • as source of higher term premium, 24–26

    • strategies for reducing, 28–29

  • Initial public offerings, 107

  • Institutional reforms

    • after Asian financial crisis, vii, 96

    • opportunities for improvement, viii

    • See also Corporate governance

  • Integrated Financial Authority (OJK), 113, 115

  • Interest rates

    • conundrum question, 21

    • Emerging Markets Bond Index, 69

    • public debt levels and, 32, 32n

    • risk reduction strategies for banks, 110

    • term premiums and, 21

  • International Accounting Standards, 111

  • Investment climate

    • legal protections for investors, 82, 83

    • rationale for lowering and stabilizing inflation, ix

    • strategies for improving, 106–7

  • J

  • Jacques, K.T., 112

  • Japan, 50, 51, 112

  • Jeanne, O., 67, 68, 76

  • K

  • Kapteyn, A., 65

  • Kaufman, G.G., 112

  • Kim, D.H., 21

  • Korajczyk, R., 83n

  • Korea, Republic of, 9n, 102, 112

  • L

  • Legal system

    • bankruptcy and restructuring laws, 105

    • corporate governance–leverage linkage

    • and, 82–83

    • investor protections, 82, 83

    • protection for authorities involved in bank crisis management, 112, 113, 115

    • reforms after 1997–98

    • financial crisis, 96

    • regional comparison of governance quality, 96, 96f

  • Lender-of-last-resort facility, xi, 110, 113

  • Leverage, corporate governance and

    • access to international financing and, 84–85

    • firm size and, 81, 83, 88

    • linkages, 81–84, 91

    • macroeconomic implications, 81

    • market valuation of firm and, 88–90

    • policy considerations, 91

    • recent trends in Indonesia, 84–87, 91, 94–96

    • regression analysis of variable affecting, 87–90

  • Levy, A., 83n

  • Low-income households, inflation effects, 3

  • LPS. See

  • Deposit guarantee agency

  • M

  • Macroeconomic policies and performance

    • basis for Indonesia’s success, viii causes of inflation, generally, 7

    • coordination of micro- and macro-supervision, 114–15

    • effects of 2008–09 global financial crisis, vii–viii

    • future challenges and opportunities, ix–xi

  • Malaysia, 17, 51, 102

  • Manufacturing sector

    • debt ratios, 98

    • Dutch disease concerns in commodity

    • export boom, x, 47, 55–58

    • effects of commodity export boom, x, 47

    • exchange rate policies and, x export patterns, 47, 48f, 49, 57f

    • sectoral performance, 57f

  • Mining, 56–58

  • Ministry of Finance, 113

  • Ministry of Law and Human Rights, 106

  • Ministry of Manpower, 106

  • Ministry of Trade and Industry, 106

  • Monetary policy

    • anchoring of inflation expectations, 26, 27–28

    • causes of inflation, generally, 7, 12, 12t

    • causes of inflation in Indonesia, 9–10, 11f, 13, 14–15

    • communication with market

    • participants about inflation targets, 28–29

    • perceived consistency and transparency, 29

    • strategies for lowering inflation risk

    • premium, 28

    • Taylor rule estimates, 27–28

  • Moody’s KMV CreditEdge, 100

  • N

  • Nielsen, A., 82

  • O

  • OJK. See Integrated Financial Authority

  • Output gap

    • effects of 1997 Asian financial crisis, 67–68, 68t

    • inflation and, 8, 9f, 12, 12t, 13, 15

  • P

  • Petroleum revenues in Indonesia

    • fiscal sustainability risk assessment, 36–42, 44

    • framework for assessing sustainability

    • of public debt, 34, 35

    • fuel subsidies and, 33

    • production shock modeling, 39–42

    • production trends, 39–40, 40f

    • proven reserves, 39–40, 40f

    • rationale for maintaining low debt

    • levels, 32–33

    • volatility, 32, 33f, 33n

  • Philippines, 17

  • Political functioning

    • causes of inflation, generally, 7–8

    • causes of inflation in Indonesia, 8–9, 10f, 12–13, 14

    • Indonesia’s transition to democracy, vii rationale for prompt corrective action regime, 111

    • regional comparison of governance quality, 96, 96f

    • See also Governance and bureaucratic functioning

  • Political risk index, inflation and, 12, 12t, 13

  • Prompt corrective action regime, xii, 111–12

  • Public debt

    • causes of inflation, generally, 7

    • foreign currency debt, 31

    • framework for assessing sustainability, 34, 35

    • fuel subsidies and, 33, 37–39, 42, 44

    • need for risk assessment, 34

    • as percent of GDP, 31, 36–37, 42

    • rationale for maintaining low levels of, 31–33

    • success of recent policies, viii, ix–x, 31, 44

    • sustainable levels, 36–37

    • vulnerability to shocks, x, 31, 44

  • R

  • Rajan, R., 81, 82

  • Rancière, R., 68

  • Rauh, J., 87

  • Raviv, A., 83, 87

  • Real term premium, 19, 21

  • Reinhart, C.M., 31n, 32n

  • Rogof, K.S., 31n, 32n

  • S

  • Sato, Y., 84

  • Savastano, M.A., 31n

  • Saxena, S., 68n

  • Service sector, 58

  • Singapore, 69

  • Standard and Poor’s credit ratings, 102, 102f

  • Stochastic simulation methodology, 34–36

  • Structural features of economy

    • causes of inflation, generally, 7, 13

    • causes of inflation in Indonesia, ix, 15

    • reforms after 1997–98 financial crisis, 94–96

  • Suf, A., 87

  • SUPs. See Government bonds

  • T

  • Taylor rule, 27–28

  • Term premiums

    • definition, 19–20

    • determinants of, 21

    • inflation risk premium as determinant

    • of Indonesia’s, 24–26

    • measuring inflation risk premium in, 21

    • regional comparison, 24, 25

    • term structure model for determining, 22–24

    • See also inflation risk premium for government bonds; Real term premium

  • Textile sector, 58

  • Thailand, 17, 68, 112

  • Tobin’s Q, 81–82

  • Trade performance

    • diversification of trade, 51, 60, 60f

    • export patterns, 47–50

    • foreign demand volatility, 51–53, 52f

    • Herfindahl index, 51, 60, 60f

    • Indonesia’s trading partners, 49–50, 50f, 52f

    • recent macroeconomic management, x sectoral, 56, 57f, 58

    • vulnerability to external shocks, 53–54, 58–61

    • See also Commodity export boom

  • Transparency

    • access to capital and, 83

    • access to information about corporations, 106–7

    • corporate governance–leverage linkage and, 82

    • monetary policy, 29

  • U

  • United States, 21, 51, 112

  • W

  • Wages

    • commodity export boom effects, 56–58

    • Dutch disease hypothesis, 55

    • inflation effects, 3

  • Wijnholds, J.O., 65

  • Wright, J.H., 21

  • Wyplosz, C., 66

  • Z

  • Zingales, L., 81, 82