Information Package / Course Catalogue
Behavioral Public Finance
Course Code: MHY611
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The main objective of the course is the apperceive the economical psychology and behavioral economics which aimes to include psychological motives to economic models as an new and growing area of economics. For this purpose proves and the theories is identified to explain the personal decisions.

Course Content

Evidence and theories of behavioral and experimental economics are examined in order to explain individual decisions and introduces the method of experimental economics.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.to be able to explain the relationship between economics and the behavioral sciences
2.to be able to analyze the appropriation of rational individual decisions to real (observed, measured) behaviours
3.to be able to compare the experimental methods that are used in economic and psychological disciplines.
4.to be able to analyze the different dimensions of decision making under uncertainity in the basic level.
5.to be able to summerize approaches in behavioral economics related to strategical decision making
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Nick Wilkinson (2012), An introduction to behavioral economics, New York : Palgrave Macmillan. 2nd ed.
2.Peter Diamond, Hannu Vartiainen, Behavioral Economics and Its Applications, Princeton University Press, 2007.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
explanation related with the course and examinations about fundamental concepts
Week 2 - Theoretical
The subject of behavioral economics and extent of it
Week 3 - Theoretical
The methodology of behavioral economics
Week 4 - Theoretical
Behavioral motives, justice, reciprocity, shame, norms, preferences.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Endogeneous and exegeneous motives in determining behaviours
Week 6 - Theoretical
Decision making under risk and uncertainity
Week 7 - Theoretical
Mental accounting
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Introduction to intertemporal preference: reduced utility model
Week 10 - Theoretical
Alternative models of intertemporal preference models
Week 11 - Theoretical
Behavioral welfare economics-models of behavioral decision.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Behavioral Game Theory
Week 13 - Theoretical
Social preferences and collective participation: experiments of public domain
Week 14 - Theoretical
Neuroeconomics
Week 15 - Theoretical
Presentations
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 - Theory142370
Individual Work72228
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
3
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
OÇ-2
3
4
5
4
3
4
3
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3
OÇ-3
5
4
3
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3
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3
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4
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3
4
3
OÇ-5
3
5
4
4
3
5
4
3
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026