COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC ECONOMY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAL 6017 ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC ECONOMY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Public Finance

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR COŞKUNCAN AKTAN

Offered to

Public Finance

Course Objective

By addressing the various aspects of the structure and functioning of public economy, public economics and comparative analysis of the market economy is done.1

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To specifies outlined of the structure and functioning of the public sector in the world and in Turkey.
2   To relate causes of market failures with the new role of the state in the economy.
3   to discuss the problem of economic activity of the assumptions of the public with taking into account of Public Choice Theory.
4   To interpret the applications of the welfare state in the world of success and / or failure.
5   To imported the suggestions for solutions to the fundamental problems in the public sector in Turkey .

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Theoretical and Historical Foundations of Public Economics Discipline
2 Public Sector: Construction, Operation and Size: Turkey and the World Examples
3 Market Failures and the Role of the State in this Field
4 Production of Public Goods
5 Natural Monopolies, Regulation and Privatization
6 Analysis of the Public Sector in Public Choice Theory Perspective
7 Midterm
8 Midterm
9 Compare the Market Economy and the Public Economy Event
10 Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Public Sector
11 Income Distribution Problem: An Overview of Market and Public Economics Perspective
12 Welfare State: Theory and Practice
13 Public Finance Reform in the world
14 Public Finance Reform in Turkey
15 Privatization and Economic Consequences of the World
16 Privatization And Economic Consequences of Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources:

1. Coşkun Can Aktan, Dilek Dileyici ve Istiklal Y. Vural, Kamu Ekonomisi ve Kamu Politikaları, Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2006.
2. Kenan Bulutoğlu, Kamu Ekonomisine Giriş, Istanbul: Filiz Kitabevi, 1981.
3. Joseph E. Stiglitz, Kamu Kesimi Ekonomisi, (Çeviren: Ömer Faruk Batırel), Istanbul, Marmara Ün. Yayınları, 1996.
4. Orhan Şener, Kamu Ekonomisi, Istanbul: Beta Yayınları, 2001.
5. Hülya Kirmanoğlu, Kamu Ekonomisi Analizi, Istanbul: Beta Yayınları, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation and discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 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)

Prof.Dr. Coşkun Can AKTAN E-posta: ccan.aktan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 15.30-16.30, Room:518

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 24 24
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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