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| MLY5550 | PUBLIC ECONOMICS | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC FINANCE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Levent Yahya ESER | | Co-Lecturer | PROF. DR. Birol KARAKURT | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to explain knowledge of public servants about economical site of government service |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | define the methods, tools and theories of bublic economics | 1,5,6 | 1,5, | | PO - 2 : | understand and interpret methods, tools and theories of public economics | 1,5,6 | 1,5, | | PO - 3 : | apply of the methods, tools and theories of public economics | 1,5,6 | 1,5, | | PO - 4 : | analyse the methods, tools and theories of public economics | 1,5,6 | 1,5, | | PO - 5 : | reviewe and survey the methods, tools and theories of public economics | 1,5,6 | 1,5, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Theory of public goods: efficiency provision of public goods. Economic rationalization of public sector: equity, efficiency, public goods and externalities. Tools of Public Economics: analysis of public expenditure and public income. Theory of taxation: progressive and flat taxation, optimum taxation theory. Welfare economics and its explanation |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What Is Public Economics (Finance)and Public Sector
Functions of Public Sector | | | Week 2 | Provision of Public Goods
The Role of Public Economy: Efficiency, Equity and Externalities | | | Week 3 | Financing Governmet Activities
-Benefit Prenciple
-Ability to Pay
-Tax Expenditure
-Tax Incidence, Excess Burden and Other Costs of Taxation | | | Week 4 | Financing Expenditures throught Budget Deficits
-Budget Deficits and National Debt
-Economic effects of Public Debt | | | Week 5 | Taxation
-The Efficiency of Taxes
-Equity: Harizontal and Vertical Equity
-The Choice of Tax Base and Social Welfare Function
| | | Week 6 | Income Taxation and Its Impacts on the Economic Activity: The Personal Income Taxation | | | Week 7 | The Corporation Tax | | | Week 8 | Tax Revenues: Sales (Consumption) Taxes | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Incidence of Indirect Taxes | | | Week 11 | The Incentive Effects of Taxation | | | Week 12 | Discussion Paper (Market Failure and Government Failure) | | | Week 13 | Intergıvernmental Finance: Fiscal Fereralism | | | Week 14 | Discussion Paper (Market Efficiency, Market Failure and Government Intervention) | | | Week 15 | Discussion Paper (The Effect of Tax Elasticity on Government Spending) | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kirmanoğlu, H. 2014, Kamu Ekonomisi Analizi, Beta Yayınevi, İstanbul | | | 2 | Bulutoğlu, K. 2008; Kamu Ekonomisine Giriş, Maliye Hukuk Yayınları, Ankara | | | 3 | Rosen, H. 2005; Public Finance, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2024 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 12/2024 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/2025 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 2 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 3 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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