Determinant Factors of Agricultural Industry Investment in Province Bengkulu, Indonesia
Keywords:
Agricultural industry investment, regional developmentAbstract
The lag in development and failure to attract investors are major problems in Province Bengkulu. Failure in creating the investment climate is also a major factor of the low investment in this province. The purpose of this study was to determine the agricultural industry investment determinant factors in Bengkulu. This study used secondary data from the Central Bureau of Statistics of Bengkulu period 2010-2013. Panel data regression analysis was used to determine the effect of GDP per capita, road infrastructure, electricity and clean water, mining and agricultural resources, educated-skilled labor and population. The all factors affected investors interest in Province Bengkulu, with the most dominant factors were GDP per capita, road infrastructure, and ownership of mining and agricultural resources.
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