MAB763 - MICROECONOMIC APPLICATIONS

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)
Application
(hours/week)
Credit ECTS
MICROECONOMIC APPLICATIONS MAB763 1st Semester 3 0 3 7
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeMust 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Department Staff 
Course objectiveAim of the course within the framework of micro-economic theory of the state in economic life by checking the primary sources to examine interventions. 
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of the course, the student will have ability - To apply main theories of microeconomics on problematic areas - To identify issues that will contribute to the literature - To solve specific to the context with original thinking
Course ContentCovered in this course; Market Failures: Government Intervention Rationality, Public Failures: The Rationality of the market, the State Greatness Measurement, Public Sector Growth of the Constitutional Deviations and Fiscal Illusion, Bureaucratic Efficiency, Public Expenditure Decisions Solutions, Privatization, Economic Consequences of Financing of Public Sector, Public Sector and freedom. 
ReferencesCullis G. J. ve P.R. Jones (1987) Microeconomics and Public Economy: A Defence of Leviathan. Basil Blackwell Ltd., Oxford, UK. 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Market Failures
Week 2Market Failures: Rationality of Government Intervention
Week 3Public Failures: The Market Solution
Week 4Measuring greatness of the State
Week 5Mid-term exam
Week 6Public Sector Growth
Week 7Bureaucratic Inefficiency
Week 8Constitutional Deviation
Week 9Fiscal Illusion
Week 10Mid-term exam
Week 11Public Expenditure
Week 12Public Expenditure Decisions Custom Solutions
Week 13Privatization
Week 14The Economic Consequences of the Public Sector Financing
Week 15Public Sector and Freedom
Week 16General examination

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms250
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes250
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes150
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14570
Presentation / Seminar Preparation000
Project000
Homework assignment000
Midterms (Study duration)13838
Final Exam (Study duration) 16060
Total Workload30106210

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. The student deepens the actual and advanced knowledge in his/her field by leaning to his/her graduate competence, reaches original definations to bring innovation to his/her field. The student realized interdisciplinary interaction andcome to original conclusions by using expert's knowledge in analysis, synthesis and evaluation of new and complex ideas.    X
2. The student has knowledge and interpretation skills about economic and fiscal phases of societies and relations between societies.    X
3. The student has the skill of knowledge transferring the knowledge in his/her filed.    X
4. The student has mastered basic knowledge of statistics and processes of reasonning which are necessary for his/her field. X   
5. The student has skills of analyzing teh knowledge he/she acquired in his/her field, interpreting and evaluating them using the knowledge he/she brought from other fields, making suggestions for solution, evaluating critical approaches. Within the process he/she behaves in harmony with cultural, scientific and ethical values.   X 
6. The student can prepare reports and works inaccordance with academic rules in the light of the knowledge he/she acquired in his/her field.   X 
7. The student produces new information by interpreting the acqired knowledge. He/she makes original presentations in national and/or international meetings, has published at least one article as an individual or within the team.    X
8. The student aware of the continuity of education an learning.    X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest