Information Package / Course Catalogue
Public Finance
Course Code: MLİ109
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

In this course, the student; ıt is aimed to have a basic theoretical knowledge about the economic activities of the state. In this direction, students are expected to have information about public financial events.

Course Content

Subject of public finance and its relation to other disciplines; public economic activities and their relation to private sector; definition and classification of public expenditures; increase of public expenditures and its effects; public finance and its types; tax concept, functions of tax, elements of tax, tax shifting, classification of taxes, foundations of public budget.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Esra HANBAY KAHRİMAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Knowledge about the role of the state in the economy
2.To be able to analyze public activities from economic, financial, political and social aspects
3.To be able to analyze public services and public expeditures
4.Understanding public finance
5.Knowledge about the theoretical foundations of the public budget
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Naci B. Muter, A. Kemal Çelebi ve Süreyya Sakınç, Kamu Maliyesi (Emek Matbaası)
2.Hakan Ay, Kamu Maliyesi (Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık)
3.Richard Musgrave, Peggy Musgrave, Public Finance in Theory and Practice (McGraw-Hill International Editions)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction of the course, fundamentals of public finance science
Week 2 - Theoretical
Public sector within the national economy, public-private sector distinction
Week 3 - Theoretical
Explaining the size of the public sector
Week 4 - Theoretical
Economic thoughts and the public sector
Week 5 - Theoretical
Views on public sector activities
Week 6 - Theoretical
Public goods, externalities, natural monopolies, incomplete information
Week 7 - Theoretical
General Evaluation
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
General explanations on public expenditures and classification of public expenditures
Week 10 - Theoretical
Types of public revenues
Week 11 - Theoretical
Tax concept, the function of tax, classification of tax
Week 12 - Theoretical
Theories explaining the reason for the existence of taxes and taxation principles
Week 13 - Theoretical
Elements of Tax, Taxation Method
Week 14 - Theoretical
Taxation process
Week 15 - Theoretical
Basics of public budget
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1104858
Midterm Examination17714
Final Examination1141428
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes