High volatility of world soybean prices have caused uncertainty and vulnerability particularly in net-importer countries like Indonesia. This study aims to measure the impact on poverty in Indonesia of volatility in the world price and import tariffs of soybeans. By applying a computable general...

This research aims to theoretically and empirically investigate the difference of poverty outcome between applying a fixed and an endogenous poverty line. Applying the microeconomic theory of consumer behavior and the CGEMicrosimulation, this study has theoretically and empirically proven that,...

The CIT reform enacted by Law No.36 of 2008 cuts maximum tax rates from 30 per cent to 25 per cent and offers some incentives for business in Indonesia. This study aims at measuring the impacts of 2008 CIT reform on tax revenue and poverty. The 2008 CIT reform supported with the administrative...

Most of the studies on the poverty impact of economic shocks as well as policy reforms assumed the poverty line as a fixed line; thus, the poverty outcome of shocks may underestimate (overestimate) and mislead in policy guidance. This research aims at empirically investigating the difference of...