Information Package / Course Catalogue
Public Finance
Course Code: ML171
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To gain information to students about understanding the importance of goverment in economic framework. Also the another aim is to analyse economic activities theoritical and practical, especially the effects of public expenditures.

Course Content

The importance of government and the reasons of government intervention to economics, welfare economics, measuring welfare with different methods, pure and impure public goods, public preferences, bureaucracy, externalities, analysis of public expenditure, cost-benefit analysis, public expenditures on Turkish economy, market failure, general equilibrium and partial equilibrium analysis of public goods production, public income and classification of taxes.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Hakan HOTUNLUOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.To be explaining basic concept of public economics
2.To be analysing Turkish public expenditures
3.To be measure well-being with variety of approaches
4.Will be able to analyze the financial situation of the countries following the World Crisis 2008.
5.Compare the fiscal policies of economic schools
Recommended or Required Reading
1.C.V. Brown and P.M. Jackson, “Public Sector Economics” Fourth Edition, Blackwell, Oxford, 1990
2.Şener O., “Kamu Ekonomisi” Alkım Yayınları, 1998
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The importance of government and the reasons of government intervention to economics
Week 2 - Theoretical
The importance of government and the reasons of government intervention to economics
Week 3 - Theoretical
Welfare economics
Week 4 - Theoretical
Measuring with various approaches being
Week 5 - Theoretical
Full and semi-public goods
Week 6 - Theoretical
Public preferences
Week 7 - Theoretical
Bureaucracy and externalities
Week 8 - Theoretical
Analysis of public expenditure
Week 9 - Theoretical
Analysis of public expenditure
Week 10 - Theoretical
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Week 11 - Theoretical
Public Expenditures in Turkey
Week 12 - Theoretical
The failure of the market mechanism
Week 13 - Theoretical
General equilibrium and partial equilibrium analysis of public goods production
Week 14 - Theoretical
General equilibrium and partial equilibrium analysis of public goods production
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Individual Work52220
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
OÇ-1
5
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
3
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
5
3
5
4
OÇ-3
3
4
4
4
3
5
3
5
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
5
5
4
4
3
OÇ-5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026