ABSTRACT Political parties aim at getting re-elected and their actions are often in conflict with the economic and welfare objectives of the government. In this context, the paper endeavours to study the economic and political determinants of social sector spending in India and understand their relative importance. For this state-level panel analysis from 2001 to 2013, the states are classified into less developed and developed states. The findings show that both economic and political factors determine the social sector expenditure; however, the Shapley decomposition analysis indicates that the relative contribution of economic factors is much higher as compared to political variables.

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社会部门支出的经济和政治决定因素：来自印度各州的证据

摘要政党的目的是获得连任的和他们的行动往往与政府的经济和福利目标的冲突。在这种情况下，本文致力于研究印度社会部门支出的经济和政治决定因素，并了解其相对重要性。对于2001年至2013年的州级面板分析，各州分为欠发达和不发达两个州。调查结果表明，经济和政治因素都决定了社会部门的支出。但是，Shapley分解分析表明，与政治变量相比，经济因素的相对贡献要高得多。