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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ERA 4604	PUBLIC FINANCE POLICY II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Public Finance

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ASUMAN ALTAY

Offered to

Public Finance
Public Finance

Course Objective

It is to provide students with the tools, and the skills to use these tools, to understand the underlying concepts and practical tradeoffs entailed in public finance policy alternatives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Having public economic terminology by defining and discussing the terminology as well as applying it to current events;
2	Evaluating current policies in Turkey related to education, health care, insurance, and poverty;
3	Discussing issues relating to the supply of public goods in a multilevel system of government;
4	Explaining the limits for financial management action to increase outputs and outcomes and to reduce costs within the public sector;
5	Generalizing the implications for public finance of a range of public policies and decisions.
6	Synthesizing Public Finance Policies by using an economic approach to solve current finance policy problems.
7	Evaluating current policies in national and global term.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

HAZIRLIK - FOREIGN LANGUAGE PREPARATION CLASS

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Economic Stability and Public Finance Policy
2	Economic Growth and Public Finance Policy
3	Economic Sustainability and Public Finance Policy
4	Income Distribution and Public Finance Policy
5	Poverty and Public Finance Policy
6	Political Decision Making Process and Public Finance Policy
7	Public Finance Policy in Development and Developing Countries
8	Mid term exam
9	Mid term exam
10	Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Local Government Finance
11	Health Insurance, Redistribution and Welfare Policy
12	Public Finance Policy in EU
13	Dynamic Fiscal policy, Life Cycle Model
14	Taxation in Turkey (Problems/ Challenges), Tax Incidence

Recomended or Required Reading

Jonathan Gruber Public Finance & Public Policy, THIRD EDITION, 2009
Richard A. and Peggy B. Musgrave, Public Finance in Theory and Practice, Fifth Edition (New York: McGraw Hill, 1989).
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Economics of the Public Sector, Third Edition (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2000).
Harvey S. Rosen and Ted Gayer, Public Finance, Eighth Edition (New York: McGrawHill/Irwin, 2007).
Jonathan Gruber, Public Finance and Public Policy, Second Edition (New York: Worth Publishers, 2007).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures

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

Giving lecture, active participation of students and presentations prepared by the students.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

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