COURSE SYLLABUS

PUBLIC ECONOMICS

1	Course Title:	PUBLIC ECONOMICS
2	Course Code:	MAL3303
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. UFUK SELEN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi İ.İ.B.F. Maliye Bölümü, Görükle Kampusü, Bursa, Türkiye E-mail: reyhan@uludag.edu.tr Tel.: (0224) 294 11 43
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Equip them with the ability to use the basic concepts of the public economy and the theoretical knowledge about the state intervention to economy, acquire the ability to evaluation and make a comment related to the functioning of the public economy
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to understand the state intervention to economy and the functions of the public economy;
2	To be able to analyze theoretically the properties of public and private goods and services offered by the State;
3	To be able to explain theoretically the forms of state intervention to the market economy;
4	To be able to distinguish the methods of voting in the functioning of the political decision making mechanism and to be able to analyze and interpret the economic role of the political parties, voters and bureaucracy;
5	To be able to analyze the economic effects of taxes;
6	To be able to evaluating and comment the public economics issues and solutions in Turkey;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	State Intervention in Economy and Public Economics: A Conceptual Explanations
2	Resource Allocation, Income Distribution and the Stability and Growth Functions of the Public Economy
3	State share in economy: Factors which determine the size of Public Sector
4	Basic Characteristics and Optimum Production Level of Public Services: Formation of Price in Pure Public Goods and Services and the Terms of Pareto
5	Formation of Price in Semi-Public Goods and Services and the Terms of Pareto
6	Public provision of private goods under the terms of Monopoly and Decreasing Cost
7	Zero Marginal Cost Production, Nonexcludability, The Role of the State in the internalization of externalities
8	The forms of state intervention to the market economy (Public Enterprises, Nationalization, Socialization, Commercialization, Privatization, Public Regulation and Controls, People's capitalism)
9	The political decision making mechanism: Voting and Methods of Voting
10	Economic Analysis of Political Parties, Interest and pressure groups and elections in the Process of Political Decision-Making
11	Economic Analysis of Bureaucracy as a production unit of Public Economy
12	Effects of Income and Wealth Tax on the Resource Allocation, Income Distribution, Economic Growth and Stability
13	Effects of Consumption Taxes on the Resource Allocation, Income Distribution, Economic Growth and Stability
14	Problems of Public Economy in Turkey and an overall assessment of solutions

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Orhan Şener, Kamu Ekonomisi, 8.Baskı, Beta Basım Yayım, İstanbul, 2006. 2. Kenan Bulutoğlu, Kamu Ekonomisine Giriş, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2003. 3. Hülya Kirmanoğlu, Kamu Ekonomisi Analizi, Beta Basım Yayım, İstanbul, 2007.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High