Research Purpose Research Contributions Writing Systematics

xxiii Based on the explanation above, the researcher proposes several problems in this research, which are: 1. Whether the fiscal decentralization which is prioritized by balance fund and others revenue influence on the local original revenue of regencies and municipalities in Indonesia. 2. Whether the fiscal decentralization through the proxy of balance fund, others revenue, and local original revenue influence on the public expenditure.

C. Research Purpose

According to the problem formulation, the purpose of this research is to provide empirical evidence about: 1. The influence of fiscal decentralization components prioritized balance fund and others revenue on the increasing of local original revenue 2. The influence of fiscal decentralization through the proxy of balance fund, others revenue, and local original revenue on the public expenditure of regencies and municipalities in Indonesia.

D. Research Contributions

This research is expected to provide contributions as follow: 1. The result of the research is expected to be useful in understanding the influence of fiscal decentralization on the increasing local original revenue and public expenditure. xxiv 2. The result of the research is also expected to be useful for decision maker in local government, public sector institutions as one of matter consideration to improve decentralization policy. In order to the implementation fitted with the expectation in the using of the resources economically, efficiently, fairly, and covers all area, so the public accountability can be reached and government accountability can be improved. In practice, it could lead legislative and executive can make an accurate planning revenue and expenditure and it will be useful input to determine further policy. 3. Moreover, the result of the research could be a reference for the academic related to the fiscal decentralization and could be a reference for another following research.

E. Writing Systematics

The writing systematic will be discussed in this study are: Chapter I : Introduction To explain concerning with the background of the study, problem statement, research purpose, and research contributions. Chapter II : Literature Review and Hypothesis Development This chapter consist of theory which related to the fiscal decentralization and public expenditure. It will explain the literarture review, the previuos researches in developing of the research hypothesis and conseptual schema. Chapter III : Research Method In this chapter will be discussed related to the research design, population and sample, data collection, variable, and analysis technique. xxv Chapter IV : Data Analysis This chapter explains about analysis results toward data which used in this research and analysis results discussion. Chapter V : Conclusion and Recommendation This chapter consists of research conclusion, limitation, and recommendation of the study. xxvi

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW AND HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT