Information Package / Course Catalogue
Public Finance I
Course Code: ML101
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. Hamza KAHRİMAN
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.Understanding of government expenditure and main revenues, taxes and others
5.International fiscal and taxation problems are examined
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, 2010
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Subject of Public Finances and Public Finances Place in other branches of science
Week 2 - Theoretical
Separation of Public Economics-Private Economy
Week 3 - Theoretical
Differences Between Public Economics of the Private Economy
Week 4 - Theoretical
Causes of Economic Activities in the public
Week 5 - Theoretical
Externalities
Week 6 - Theoretical
Several Opinions on Public Economic Activities
Week 7 - Theoretical
Public sector production of private goods and services
Week 8 - Theoretical
Problem of Economic Efficiency in the Public Sector
Week 9 - Theoretical
Problem of Economic Efficiency in the Public Sector
Week 10 - Theoretical
Failure Theory of the Public Sector
Week 11 - Theoretical
Definition of public expenditure, public expenditures, opinions about public spending
Week 12 - Theoretical
Classification of public expenditure
Week 13 - Theoretical
Effects on the economy of public expenditure
Week 14 - Theoretical
Effects on the economy of public expenditure
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment1437
Individual Work24314
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination18210
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
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
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
OÇ-3
5
5
4
4
4
4
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OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026