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| IPOL5022 | Economic Policies and Growth | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ECONOMICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Umut ÜZAR | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Metin Berber | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to analyze the aims of economic policies and their contributions to the growth process. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn concepts related to economic policy and growth. | 1,2 | 1,3, | | PO - 2 : | define economic policy goals, tools, and constraints. | 1,2 | 1,3, | | PO - 3 : | identify economic policy toolkits that will support economic growth. | 1,2 | 1,3, | | PO - 4 : | follow and evaluate policy makers and their policies in the world and in Turkey. | 1,2 | 1,3, | | 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 | | |
| Macroeconomic equilibrium, open economy, mainstream and heterodox economic policies, economic growth and development theories, and globalization economic policies and their effects on growth are the topics of this paper. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Conceptual framework | | | Week 2 | The state as a policy maker and the importance of the state in the economy | | | Week 3 | The objectives of economic policy: Efficient allocation of resources | | | Week 4 | The objectives of economic policy: Price stability | | | Week 5 | The objectives of economic policy: Capital accumulation | | | Week 6 | Midterm exam | | | Week 7 | Constraints of economic policy: Time lags | | | Week 8 | The objectives of economic policy: Economic growth | | | Week 9 | The objectives of economic policy: Economic growth | | | Week 10 | Instruments of economic policy: Fiscal policy | | | Week 11 | Instruments of economic policy: Monetary policy | | | Week 12 | Year-round study | | | Week 13 | Instruments of economic policy: Policies targeting institutional quality | | | Week 14 | Analysis of growth-oriented policies in the world and in Turkey | | | Week 15 | Analysis of growth-oriented policies in the world and in Turkey | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Alkan, B; Çiçek, S.; Yücel M.E. (Editörler) (2023). İktisat Politikası. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık | | | 2 | Rausser, G. C., Swinnen, J., & Zusman, P. (2011). Political power and economic policy: Theory, analysis, and empirical applications. Cambridge University Press. | | | 3 | Daron, A., & Robinson, J. A. (2012). Why nations fail: The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty. New York: Crown Business. | | | 4 | Ders notlaları ve ilgili makaleler. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | Akademik takvimle ilan edilecektir. | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | Akademik takvimle ilan edilecektir. | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | Akademik takvimle ilan edilecektir. | 1 | 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 | 13 | 39 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 9 | 13 | 117 | | Arasınav | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Ödev | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 21 | 3 | 63 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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