| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | 150400307112 | PUBLIC ECONOMY | Elective | 4 | 7 | 4 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| This course aims to provide theoretical background to analyze the place and functions of modern state in a developed or developing capitalist economy. |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| Doç. Dr. Serkan KÜNÜ |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | To evaluate the state as a social institution, with its historical, economic, political and juridical dimensions. | | 2 | To use microeconomic and macroeconomic theories and concepts to explain the activities of state and relationships between the individual and the state | | 3 | To make the economic analysis of politics | | 4 | To analyze market and public sector comparatively | | 5 | To evaluate the importance of the social problems related to education, health and environment in an economy | | 6 | To understand more easily the news related to public expenditures and taxes in daily newspapers and media |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Daytime Class |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| none |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| none |
| Course Contents |
| Economic analysis of public goods, public expenditures, taxes, public debts and decision making procedure of public sector. |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Introduction to Public Sector Economics: History, Scope and Paradigms | none | none | | 2 | Economic Rationales for the State: the Theory of Market Failures | none | none | | 3 | Theory of Public Goods | none | none | | 4 | Externalities and Asymmetric Information | none | none | | 5 | Partial and General Equilibrium Models of Public Goods | none | none | | 6 | Collective Decision-Making Theory I: Social Choice Theory (Normative Analysis) | none | none | | 7 | Collective Decision-Making II: Public Choice (Positive Analysis) | none | none | | 8 | The Structure and Development of the Government Expenditures - Public Sector and Income Distribution | yok | yok | | 9 | Midterm | none | none | | 10 | Cost Benefit Analysis | none | none | | 11 | The Structure of Government Revenues | none | none | | 12 | The Structure of Tax | none | none | | 13 | The Theory of Tax Incidence | none | none | | 14 | Fiscal Policy I : Government Expenditures, Taxes, Growth and Inflation | none | none | | 15 | Final | none | none |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
| Kenan Bulutoğlu (2004): Kamu Ekonomisine Giriş, Batı Türkeli Yayıncılık Güneri Akalın (2000): Kamu Ekonomisi, Akçağ Basım yayın J.E. Stiglitz, Kamu Sektörü Ekonomisi H. S. Rosen (1999): Public Finance, McGraw Hill T.Yay ve G.G. Yay (2007): İktisat Yazıları, Nobel:Ankara, Bölüm 17, 19. 20, 23 ve 25.
Jonathan Gruber (2011): Public Finance and Public Policy, Worth Publishers. |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 40 | | Attending Lectures | 1 | 60 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | none |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Attending Lectures | 13 | 3 | 39 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 5 | 5 | 25 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | LO2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | LO3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | LO4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | LO5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | LO6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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