Purpose of the study: This study aims to investigate the opportunistic behavior of local government heads in Indonesia using discretionary spending (grant spending, social assistance, and financial assistance) to win an election. Methodology: The study uses logistic regression on 133 samples of district/municipal governments in Indonesia prior to the election period. Main findings: The study finds no evidence that the average proportion and growth of discretionary expenditure affects the electability of incumbents in Indonesia’s local government head elections. That is, the use of discretionary spending is not sufficiently effective to attract sympathy from voters. Applications of the study: The results of the study provide inputs, especially for incumbents, to help focus more on performance, as it is proven that it leads to a higher probability of being re-elected, rather than the use of discretionary spending as an election-winning strategy. Government and NGOs should inform voters to be more cautious about the opportunistic behavior of their leaders. Novelty/originality of the study: Although some previous studies have examined the use of discretionary spending by incumbents, there has been little research, which provides evidence that such spending for political purposes can in fact help to win elections.

The purpose of this study is to assess the level of awareness, perception, and willingness that Indonesian Muslims towards waqf and Micro Waqf Banks (MWB). By distributing questionnaires to 104 Muslims, the results show that many Muslims still have a relatively low level of awareness about waqf and MWB. This may be due to the lack of socialization, especially regarding cash waqf and the establishment of MWB. Further findings indicate that the majority of Muslims in Indonesia agree on the establishment of MWB and also agree that MWB can be a solution to suppress the loan shark business so as to improve the welfare of the community, especially the lower middle class. Finally, Indonesian Muslims are willing to contribute to MWB especially if they know how to donate and how MWB operates. A higher level of willingness to contribute to MWB provides a great opportunity for MWB to develop its operations in the future. This research contributes to assisting MWB and Indonesian Waqf Board in developing appropriate socialization strategies to build and develop the potential of waqf in Indonesia.

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The quality of service provided by the management of the Banten State Museum to visitors is an important factor in increasing satisfaction. The management of the Banten State Museum should be able to carry out appropriate promotion, marketing, and service strategies to attract more tourists in visiting. The goal of this study was to determine and identify promotion strategies, prices, and services that can influence tourist interest in Serang City, Banten. Population of this study are tourists who visit the tourist attractions of Serang City. This research method is the non-Probability sampling method, where not all populations have the same opportunity to become samples (prospective respondents). This study uses primary data obtained from questionnaires with a sample of 75 tourists visiting the tourist attractions of Serang City. Two kinds of data analysis are used in this research, namely descriptive analysis and PLS (Partial Least Square) analysis. The results showed that the magnitude of R Square (R2) Visiting Interest was 0.646. It means that promotion, price, and service quality factors contribute 64.6% of the influence on the interest of returning tourists. At the same time, the remaining 35.4% is influenced by other factors. This research concludes that the promotion factor, price factor, and service quality factor have a significant and significant effect on the interest of returning tourists to the Banten State Museum.

This study aims to determine the effect of local government size, local revenue (PAD), capital expenditure, and population on weaknesses in internal control in local governments. This research was carried out using multiple linear regression analysis on 104 samples of district / city governments in the province of East Java during 2016-2018, the results showed that there was no significant effect related to local government size, capital expenditure, and population on weakness in control. intern in local government. The size of the local government, the capital expenditure, and the population do not ensure that the internal control weaknesses owned by the regional government are small or large. Meanwhile, PAD has a significant positive effect on the weakness of internal control in local government. The amount of PAD has the potential to encourage managers to commit irregularities in regional financial management, thereby increasing the findings of weaknesses in local government internal control. Keywords: size of local government; PAD; capital expenditure; population; weaknesses of internal control.