Information Package / Course Catalogue
Macroeconomic Policies
Course Code: İKT173
Course Type: Area Elective
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

This course is an advanced level of macroeconomics course. To learn economic policies to understand economic structure and policies; comparative analysis

Course Content

The impact of economic policies on the economy of the country, the changes in the economy of the country on the economy policies

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Analyzing assessments of the fiscal policy in basic economic approaches
2.Explaining the theoretical constructs of the fiscal policy associated with resource allocation, economic stability, economic development and income distribution with the examples
3.Interpretating the fiscal policy practices and results in developed and developing countries within the context of the theoretical, institutional and practical
4.Explaining the fiscal policy practices of Turkey in historical process and interpreting the results of practices in globalization process.
5. Explaining objectives and instruments of the macro policies basically and explaining the conflicts between them
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
MACROECONOMIC POLICY: ECONOMICS SCHOLLS, KEYNES, MONETARISM
Week 2 - Theoretical
MACROECONOMIC POLICY: ECONOMICS SCHOLLS, NEO-CLASSICAL AND REAL CONJUNCTIVITY THEORY
Week 3 - Theoretical
MACROECONOMIC POLICY: ECONOMICS SCHOLLS, NEO-CLASSICAL, AND REAL CONJUNCTIVITY THEORY
Week 4 - Theoretical
CENTRAL BANK AND MONEY POLICY
Week 5 - Theoretical
CENTRAL BANK AND MONEY POLICY
Week 6 - Theoretical
CENTRAL BANK AND MONEY POLICY
Week 7 - Theoretical
MONETARY POLICY REGIMES: INFLATION TARGETING, EXCHANGE RATE TARGETING, MONETARY TARGETING, DOLLARIZATION, NOMINAL GDP TARGETING
Week 8 - Theoretical
MONETARY POLICY REGIMES: INFLATION TARGETING, EXCHANGE RATE TARGETING, MONETARY TARGETING, DOLLARIZATION, NOMINAL GDP TARGETING
Week 9 - Theoretical
FISCAL POLICY: BUDGET DEFICIT AND FINANCING, SUSTAINABILITY OF FISCAL POLICY
Week 10 - Theoretical
STABILITY POLICIES: NEW KEYNESIAN STABILITY POLICIES, IMF STABILITY POLICIES
Week 11 - Theoretical
EXTERNAL MONETARY MONETARY AND FINANCIAL POLICY, EXTERNAL OPEN STABILIZATION POLICY
Week 12 - Theoretical
POLITICS AND ECONOMY POLICIES: PARTIZAN THEORY, OPPORTUNITY THEORY, POPULARITY FUNCTION, POLITICAL STABILITY AND ECONOMIC POLICIES
Week 13 - Theoretical
POLITICS AND ECONOMY POLICIES: PARTIZAN THEORY, OPPORTUNITY THEORY, POPULARITY FUNCTION, POLITICAL STABILITY AND ECONOMIC POLICIES
Week 14 - Theoretical
POLITICS AND ECONOMY POLICIES: PARTIZAN THEORY, OPPORTUNITY THEORY, POPULARITY FUNCTION, POLITICAL STABILITY AND ECONOMIC POLICIES
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Individual Work72228
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination115116
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
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
OÇ-2
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
OÇ-3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
OÇ-5
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026