COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FISCAL DISCIPLINE AND FISCAL RULES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MLY 4036 FISCAL DISCIPLINE AND FISCAL RULES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Finance

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DILEK BAŞARAN

Offered to

Public Finance
Public Finance (Evening)

Course Objective

To evaluate fiscal discipline and fiscal rule concepts and to analyze fiscal rules practices.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to define rule and institution concepts (1,3,9,10).
2   Be able to comment the importance of fiscal rules (1,3,9,10).
3   Be able to explain constitutional tax policies (1,3,5,7,8,9,10).
4   Be able to comment the effects of fiscal rules (1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10).
5   Be able to explain fiscal rules practices in EU (1,3,5,7,8,9,10).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fiscal Discipline: Definition and Importance
2 Rules and Institutions: Terminology and Classification
3 Institutional Economics: Definition, Scope and Main Opinions
4 Discreationary Fiscal Policy: Theorical Framework and Results of Discreationary Fiscal Policy in Practice
5 Fiscal Rules: Definition, Developments, Aims and Importance
6 Fiscal Discipline and Fiscal Rule
7 Fiscal Rules: Classification and Policy Instruments
8 The Effects of Fiscal Rules
9 Constitutional Tax Policy, Expenditure Limits, Borrowing Limits
10 Constitutional Budgeting
11 Fiscal Rules in EU
12 Fiscal Rules in Practices: Türkiye and Other Country Experiences

Recomended or Required Reading

References:
"Mali Disiplin ve Mali Kurallar" Lecture Notes (Doç.Dr. Dilek Başaran)
"Kurumsal Maliye Politikası", Coşkun Can Aktan, Dilek Dileyici, Istiklal Y. Vural, Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation and discussion

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


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:dilek.dileyici@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14554
LO.25555
LO.35445545
LO.4545545554
LO.54545454