COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PUBLIC DEBT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MLY 3010 PUBLIC DEBT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Finance

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HALUK TANDIRCIOĞLU

Offered to

Public Finance (Evening)
Public Finance

Course Objective

Government Debt yesterday, today and tomorrow will be the most important topic in the science of finance. Budget balance and development of the country which is one of the most important tools of government debt are also tools of changes in fiscal policy tools. Finance and economics of budget, both theoretical and technical aspects of the students to have sufficient knowledge about the contents of providing a detailed analysis of the cause-effect relationship in our country within the framework of the process of budgeting.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the concept of government debt
2   To specify the reasons for classifying the types of government debt and government borrowing
3   To explain the factors that affect internal and external debt.
4   To explain the effects of debt policies
5   To analyze the results of the public debt management policy applications in the world and in Turkey
6   To associate the theoretical and practical issues related to the state debt
7   To interpret the socio-economic effects of government borrowing policies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition, Importance, Characteristics and Development of State Debt
2 Objectives of Government Borrowing and Debt Resources
3 Classification of State Debt based on obligation and credit
4 Classification of the State Debt by the resources
5 Characteristics and Development of Domestic and Foreign Debt
6 External Debt Crisis and Consequences
7 Development of the State Debt of the World and in Turkey
8 Payment of Debt Management and Government Debt
9 Insolvency and Extraordinary Debt Management Operations
10 Beneficiaries and Guarantees Provided to Lenders of State Debts
11 Debt Burden and Its Impact on Future Generations
12 Economic and Social Impacts of Government Debt

Recomended or Required Reading

Devlet Borçları (kamu kredisi) 4.Baskı, Prof. Dr.Aytaç EKER- Yrd. Doç. Dr. Metin MERIÇ, Ankara 2005,
Articles and internet resources.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussions about the actual developments.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Haluk TANDIRCIOĞLU, haluk.tandirci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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