MAB645 - GLOBAL FISCAL AFFAIRS

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)
Application
(hours/week)
Credit ECTS
GLOBAL FISCAL AFFAIRS MAB645 1st Semester 3 0 3 6
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Case Study
 
Instructor (s)Department members 
Course objectiveWhile problems on issues such as environment, health, security, financial stability cannot be solved with nations? own efforts and policies recently due to globalization, financing the needs for global goods constitutes another problem. Also, the growing complexity of trade relations causes international taxation to be a problem aggravating day by day. In this sense, this course aims at dealing with the global dimensions of the basic issues on public finance, i.e., the public revenue and spending.  
Learning outcomes
  1. Students that successfully complete this course are expected to synthesize their knowledge of public finance with the globalization process. Moreover, these students are thought to achieve the capability of understanding recent developments in the relevant field by learning the basic knowledge of global tax problems and global public goods.
Course Content-Global Public Goods: Environment, Health, Poverty, Security, Information
-Financing the Global Public Goods
-Tax in Globalization and Tax Problems
 
References-Inge, K., Conceiçao, P., Goulven, K. L. & Mendoza, R. U. (Eds.) (2003). Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalization. Oxford University Press.
-Brousseau, E., Dedeurwaerdere, T. & Siebenhüner, B. (2012). Reflexive Governance for Global Public Goods, MIT Press.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Course Introduction and Introduction to Global Public Finance
Week 2The Concept of Global Public Goods and Services
Week 3Global Financial Stability and the Market Efficiency
Week 4Environment and the Environmental Policies as the Global Public Goods
Week 5Health as a Global Public Good
Week 6Poverty as a Global Public Good
Week 7Information as a Global Public Good
Week 8Midterm Exam
Week 9Terror and Global Security
Week 10Corruption and the Global Public Good Supply
Week 11Global Public Goods Finance
Week 12Problems of Taxation in the Globalization Process
Week 13Globalization and the Tax Competition
Week 14Taxing the Multinational Corporations
Week 15Global Tax Crimes
Week 16Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation115
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms230
Final exam155
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes345
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes155
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)14342
Presentation / Seminar Preparation11616
Project000
Homework assignment000
Midterms (Study duration)21530
Final Exam (Study duration) 15050
Total Workload3287180

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. The student deepens the knowledge acquired at the undergraduate level in its own field or in a different field, and explains the interaction between fields.    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 researching, planning and realization skills which are necessary for his/her field.   X 
4. The student has the knowledge he/she must reach by processing data, at a theoretical level.    X
5. The student can solve a problem in his/her field as an individual and within a team, being aware of leadership responsibility.    X
6. The student can prepare reports and works in accordance with academic rules in the light of the knowledge he/she acquired in his/her field.    X
7. For problems he/she identified in his/her field, he/she makes suggestions of solution and/or solutions by using researh methods.   X 
8. . The student can direct his/her education to a higher education program or a professÅŸon in his/her field.   X 
9. The student is aware of the cotinuity of education and learning. He/she has a open attitude towards change and innovation.   X 
10. The student can transfer fundamental knowledge he/she has in his/her field in a written and spoken manner to interested parties.    X
11. The student has the sufficient level of awareness of social rights, social justice, quality and cultural values environment protection, business health and security.  X  

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