COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FISCAL POLICY I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MLY 4005 FISCAL POLICY I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Finance

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAYAL AYÇA ŞIMŞEK

Offered to

Public Finance (Evening)
Public Finance

Course Objective

Explaining the fiscal policy how is used for economic stability that is one of the macro economics aims with fiscal instruments

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Associating basis of existence of the fiscal policy with govermental economic missions and Associating the fiscal policy with economic policy
2   Explaining objectives and instruments of the fiscal policy basically and explaining the conflicts between them.
3   Analyzing assessments of the fiscal policy in basic economic approaches
4   Explaining theoretical constructs of the fiscal policy associated with resource allocation and economic stability with examples

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Emergence of Fiscal Policy
2 Development of Fiscal Policy
3 Comparison with Other Economic Policy Instruments and Fiscal Policy
4 Objectives and Instruments of Fiscal Policy
5 Conflict of Between Objectives and Objectives-Instruments in Fiscal Policy
6 Fiscal Policy in Economic Approaches: Classical (Traditional) Approaches
7 Fiscal Policy in Economic Approaches: Neo-Classical (Contemporary) Approaches
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 MIDTERM EXAM
10 Economic Cycle and Fiscal Policy
11 Anti-cyclical Fiscal Policy Practices (Fight against Inflation)
12 Anti-cyclical Fiscal Policy Practices (Fight againts Deflation)
13 Anti-cyclical Fiscal Policy Practices (Fight againts Unemployment)
14 Anti-cyclical Fiscal Policy Practices (Fight againts Stagflation)

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources: Asuman Altay, Maliye Politikası Ders Notları
Aytaç Eker, Asuman Altay ve Mustafa Sakal: Maliye Politikası;
Supplementary Sources: Abuzer Pınar, Maliye Politikası; Beyhan Ataç, Maliye Politikası, Ismail Türk Maliye Politikası;

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation through slide shows, discussing contemporary academic articles and reports and other academic paper relating the lecture in class

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)

e-mail: ayca.simsek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday, time:15:00-17:00

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 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411