Information Package / Course Catalogue
Global Public Finance
Course Code: MHY503
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master'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
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.To explain financing for global public goods according to types
5.To analyze the effects of globalization on public expenditure and public revenue.
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
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
Public preferences
Week 6 - Theoretical
Full and semi-public goods
Week 7 - Theoretical
Bureaucracy and externalities
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Analysis of public expenditure
Week 10 - Theoretical
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Week 11 - Theoretical
The failure of the market mechanism
Week 12 - Theoretical
Public Expenditures in Turkey
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
Week 15 - Theoretical
Public revenue
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment42320
Midterm Examination19110
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
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
5
5
5
3
4
5
OÇ-4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
OÇ-5
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026