COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEBT MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAL 5014 DEBT MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Finance

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AHMET ÖZEN

Offered to

Public Finance

Course Objective

To develop the abilities of analyzing the problems about debt management and public debt

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   be able to get knowledge about debt types
2   be able to know the relations between public borrowing and fiscal discipline.
3   Be able to get knowledge about the changed role of public borrowing in the history of economic thought
4   Be able to get knowledge about fiscal gap and borrowing in developed and developing countries
5   Be able to know the effects of borrowing over the generations
6   Be able to know the local government borrowing

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Providing Information About
2 Discussion of publis borrowing generally
3 The Changing role of public borrowing in the history of Economic Thought 1
4 The Changing role of public borrowing in the history of Economic Thought 2
5 The Analysis of the increase of public borrowing related to fiscal discipline
6 Public Borrowing Problem in developed countries
7 Mid-term exam
8 Mid-term exam
9 The macroeconomic effects of fiscal gap financed by borrowing
10 Fiscal gap and borrowing in developing countries
11 Inter-generational debt burden distribution problem
12 Local Government Borrowing and Debt Limit
13 Debt Management in open economies
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources: Prof. Dr. Aytaç EKER, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Metin MERIÇ, Devlet Borçları, Ankara 2005
Related Sources;
Teoride ve Uygulamada Kamu Borçlanması, Hayal Ayça Şimşek, Gazi Kitapevi, Ankara, 2009
Other materials: related books, articles, reports, law decisions etc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Student oriented, theoretical lectures and debates on practical events

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are related to evaluation criteria

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

phone: 0.232.4121212 Dahili:10262, e-mail: mustafa.sakal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On Tuesday, 15:00 17:00; on Firday, 15:00 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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