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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ERA 4604 PUBLIC FINANCE POLICY II ELECTIVE 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

It is to provide students with the tools, and the skills to use these tools, to understand the underlying concepts and practical tradeoffs entailed in public finance policy alternatives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having public economic terminology by defining and discussing the terminology as well as applying it to current events; 2   Evaluating current policies in Turkey related to education, health care, insurance, and poverty; 3   Discussing issues relating to the supply of public goods in a multilevel system of government; 4   Explaining the limits for financial management action to increase outputs and outcomes and to reduce costs within the public sector; 5   Generalizing the implications for public finance of a range of public policies and decisions. 6   Synthesizing Public Finance Policies by using an economic approach to solve current finance policy problems. 7   Evaluating current policies in national and global term.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

HAZIRLIK - FOREIGN LANGUAGE PREPARATION CLASS

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Economic Stability and Public Finance Policy 2 Economic Growth and Public Finance Policy 3 Economic Sustainability and Public Finance Policy 4 Income Distribution and Public Finance Policy 5 Poverty and Public Finance Policy 6 Political Decision Making Process and Public Finance Policy 7 Public Finance Policy in Development and Developing Countries 8 Mid term exam 9 Mid term exam 10 Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Local Government Finance 11 Health Insurance, Redistribution and Welfare Policy 12 Public Finance Policy in EU 13 Dynamic Fiscal policy, Life Cycle Model 14 Taxation in Turkey (Problems/ Challenges), Tax Incidence

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures

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

Giving lecture, active participation of students and presentations prepared by the students.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

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

Office Hours

14:30 PM to 16:30 PM on most Mondays and Tuesday

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 3 36 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 12 12 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36 Preparing assignments 1 9 9 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 105

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.6 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.7 1 1 1 1 1 1