Judul: Konvergensi Harga Pangan antar Wilayah di Indonesia
Abstrak: In Indonesia, the increase in food prices usually results in the rise in the inflation rate. To cope with this problem, a better food distribution among regions is absolutely required. This study aimed to describe the dynamics of food prices, to test the convergence level of food prices and to analyze the factors that influence the changes in food prices between regions in Indonesia. The data used were obtained from the Central Agency of Statistics and the Ministry of Agriculture from 2002 to 2009. The method used was analysis of dynamic panel data (First Difference-Generalized Methode Moment/FD-GMM). The results of the study showed that all commodities of food prices were convergent, soybean at the highest level and chili at the lowest, while the factors that influence changes in food prices were production rate, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), population and infrastructure.
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Judul: Analysis of National Strategic Food Price Volatility and Its Effect on Inflation
Abstrak: Pangan merupakan kebutuhan primer yang harus terjaga stabilitas harganya. Beberapa periode terakhir harga sejumlah komoditas pangan strategis mengalami peningkatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis tingkat volatilitas harga minyak goreng, beras, cabai merah, bawang merah dan bawang putih serta pengaruhnya terhadap inflasi. Data yang digunakan adalah data harga kelima komoditas yang diperoleh dari Pusat Informasi Harga Pangan Strategis dan data inflasi diperoleh dari Bank Indonesia. Analisis yang dilakukan yakni Coefficient of Variation untuk melihat disparitas harga di seluruh provinsi di Indonesia dan pemodelan ARCH-GARCH untuk menganalisis volatilitas. Error Correction Model digunakan untuk menganalisis pengaruh volatilitas harga pangan terhadap inflasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat disparitas harga pangan antar waktu dan antar wilayah di Indonesia. Volatilitas harga kelima komoditas terjadi pada data harga tingkat nasional dan pada sejumlah wilayah amatan. Volatilitas harga minyak goreng serta beras berpengaruh signifkan terhadap inflasi pada jangka panjang. Sementara pada jangka pendek, volatilitas harga cabai merah dan volatilitas bawang merah bulan sebelumnya signifikan mempengaruhi tingkat inflasi, Food is a primary necessity that requires accessibility and price stability. In recent periods, the prices of some strategic food commodities have increased. The aim of this research is to analyze the level of price volatility of cooking oil, rice, red chili, shallots, and garlic, as well as their effect on inflation. The data used include the prices of these five commodities obtained from the Strategic Food Price Information Center and the inflation rate data obtained from the Bank of Indonesia. The analysis conducted includes the Coefficient of Variation to observe price disparities across all provinces in Indonesia and the ARCH-GARCH modeling to analyze volatility. The Error Correction Model is used to analyze the effect of food price volatility on inflation. The results show that price disparities occurs over time and across regions in Indonesia. Volatility in the prices of these five commodities occurs both at the national price level and in some observed regions. The price volatility of cooking oil and rice has a significant long-term effect on inflation. Meanwhile, in the short term, price volatility of red chili and shallots from the previous month have a significant effect on the inflation rate.
Keyword: ARCH-GARH, ECM, inflasi, pangan, volatilitas

Judul: Pembuatan Film Tipis Cu2ZnSnS4 sebagai Lapisan Penyerap Cahaya pada Sel Surya Menggunakan Metode Elektrodeposisi
Abstrak: Thin film of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) is an alternative semiconductor used as light absorber layer on solar cell. CZTS can replace silicon that commonly used as commercial semiconductor. The advantage of using CZTS as absorber layer is due to the abundance of its chemical composer on earth, and its high value of absorption coefficient. The absorber layer was made by using electrodeposition method on ITO glass substrates. The films were deposited at room temperature using potentiostatic mode with a potential of –1.05 V for 30, 45, and 60 minutes. After that, the films were annealed at two different temperatures, 180 ºC and 500 °C, for 45 minutes in N2/H2S atmosphere. Based on X-ray diffraction analysis, the polycrystalline thin film obtained fall into kesterite crystal phase. This type of crystal was obtained when the CZTS was annealed at 500 °C in H2S/N2 atmosphere. The value of optical band gap energy for the CZTS thin film was 2.2 eV with the film thickness about 1.228–6.366 μm. The sample of CZTS with electrodeposition time of 45 minutes and annealing temperature of 500 °C showed the best result and in conformity with absorber layers criteria for solar cells.
Keyword: semiconductor, ITO glass, CZTS thin film, electrodeposition