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MLY3007 | Public Economics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 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 services and their finance. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | Understand of marked and public economics process.
| 1,2 | 1, | LO - 2 : | Comprehend marked failure and economic rationale of the state.
| 1,2 | 1, | LO - 3 : | Analyse of public intervention to marked economy.
| 1,2 | 1, | LO - 4 : | Analyse of public intervention outcomes.
| 1,2 | 1, | LO - 5 : | Generate of public economics reforms.
| 1,2 | 1, | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | |
Introduction to public economics, General equilibrium and welfare economics, theory of public goods: efficiency provision of public goods, solution to free rider problem. Market failure and rational for government intervention. Private provision of public goods. Externalities: positive and negative externalities and solutions of externalities which is public and market solutions, Dynamics of new changes in the world and public economics: economics and the others changes. Resource allocation mechanism for public goods/optimal allocation of public goods: voting models, When does majority rule supply public goods efficiency?Cost-benefit analysis. Theory of taxation: progressive and flat taxation, optimum taxation theory |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | What the public sector is about | | Week 2 | Functions of public economy | | Week 3 | Market Failures | | Week 4 | Public goods | | Week 5 | Public expenditures | | Week 6 | Decision-making in public sector | | Week 7 | Cost benefit analysis in the public sector | | Week 8 | Externalities
| | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | Week 10 | Privatization | | Week 11 | Economic analysis of Taxation | | Week 12 | Benefits principle | | Week 13 | Ability to pay principle | | Week 14 | Public choice theory | | Week 15 | Public economy reform | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Savaşan, F.,2020; Kamu Ekonomisi, 9. Baskı, Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa | | |
1 | Kirmanoğlu, H. 2009; Kamu Ekonomisi Analizi, 5. baskı, Beta Yayınevi, İstanbul | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2024 | 1 | 50 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/2025 | 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 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 2 | 12 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 11 | 2 | 22 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Total work load | | | 120 |
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