SOME DYNAMIC MODELS OF STATE POLICY: EDUCATIONAL SPENDING IN INDIA

In: Policy analysis: publ. quarterly for the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 111-124

Abstract

THIS PAPER SEEKS TO FORMALIZE AND TEST DYNAMIC MODELS OF STATES' EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES IN INDIA. IN THE ABSENCE OF THEORIES ABOUT SPENDING IN INDIA, THREE THEORETICAL FORMATIONS ARE DERIVED FROM STUDIES OF EXPENDITURES BY THE AMERICAN STATES. ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE BUDGETARY PROPORTION THE INDIAN STATES ALLOCATED TO EDUCATION INCREASED AT A DECREASING RATE.