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| MLY2002 | Public Finance | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ECONOMETRICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mehmet TUNÇER | | Co-Lecturer | Associate Prof. Dr. Nagihan BİRİNCİ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to teach basic knowledge of public finance as public services and financial techniques of government expecially taxation. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | ability to define basic concepts related to public finance. | 1 - 2 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | having information about public expenditures and public revenues. | 1 - 2 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | to be able to predict the different economic and social effects of public expenditures and public revenues. | 1 - 2 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | ability to evaluate the results of state debt and state budget practices. | 1 - 2 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | to be able to summarize the relationship between financial issues and political approaches. | 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 | | |
| the subject of public finance; economic functions of government; public goods and services; externalities; public revenues; taxes; public debts; public budget; local government finance; fiscal policy |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The subject and contents of public finance | | | Week 2 | Economic functions of government | | | Week 3 | Public goods and services | | | Week 4 | Analysis of externalities | | | Week 5 | Categories of public expenditure and growth of it | | | Week 6 | Public revenues in general | | | Week 7 | Categories of taxes | | | Week 8 | Principles of taxation | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Tax burden and tax incidence | | | Week 11 | Public debts in general; need for public debts; the classification of debts | | | Week 12 | Public budget in general; public budget theories; principles of public budget; Turkish Budgeting System in general | | | Week 13 | Local governments finance in general and local governments in Turkey | | | Week 14 | Fiscal policy in general and examples from Turkey | | | Week 15 | New issues and developments in public finance area | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 0,40 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 0,45 | 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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