Information Package / Course Catalogue
Agricultural Price Analyses
Course Code: TE395
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Main aim of the lecture is the students to provide learning bases of price theory, and also gaining of the students using and implementing skills many price analysis methods in different market conditions.

Course Content

Price concept, supply and demand shifts, and price formation, supply and demand elasticities, price theories and equilibrium analyses, price analyses of production factors, analysis of annual and seasonal price fluctuations in agricultural products, price analysis in foreign trade, analysis of intervention to agriculture and price policy

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Gökhan ÇINAR
Learning Outcomes
1.Gaining skills for capable of analysis of firm equilibriums in different markets
2.Being capable of price analyses in agricultural crops’ markets
3.Acquisition price concept and importance in analysis of agricultural policy, and gaining implication skill
4.Gaining estimation skill to forward via making price analysis in agricultural products
5.Comprehension to price formation in perfect competition and imperfect markets and gaining skill to analysis
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Dinler, Z., 1996. Mikro İktisat. Ekin Kitapevi, Bursa, 1996.
2.Dinler, Zeynel, Tarım Ekonomisi, Ekin kitapevi, Bursa 1996.
3.Norwood, F.B., Lusk, J.L., 2008. Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis. Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, Columbus, Ohio. p.445.
4.IFPRI, 2015. Food Security Portal. Policy Analysis Tools. http://www.foodsecurityportal.org/policy-analysis-tools
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Coverage and justififaction of the lecture, identification of referable references
Week 2 - Theoretical
Price concept, price in terms of market, price with regards to firm and importance of price analysis
Week 3 - Theoretical
Supply and demand shifts, and price formation in perfect markets
Week 4 - Theoretical
Supply and deman elasticties, price theories and equilibrium analyses
Week 5 - Theoretical
Firm equilibrium in perfect markets
Week 6 - Theoretical
Firm equilibriums in imperfect markets (monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition markets and price)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Price volatility and market concept
Week 8 - Theoretical
Annual and seasonal price volatility in agricultural products
Week 9 - Theoretical
Indexes for price analysis and usage in analyses
Week 10 - Theoretical
Annual price volatility and trend analyses
Week 11 - Theoretical
Seasonal price volatility and seasonal indexes
Week 12 - Theoretical
Price formation and analysis in international markets
Week 13 - Theoretical
Analyses to intervention to agriculture and price policy
Week 14 - Theoretical
Price analyses of production factors
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141242
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
5
4
4
4
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5
4
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4
OÇ-2
5
4
5
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5
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5
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4
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4
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4
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5
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2026