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| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Course Unit: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Osman ZAİM |
| Course Objectives: |
This course provides the students with a formal presentation of analytical issues in Public Economics with a special emphasis on household and firm behavior within a market economy. |
| Course Contents: |
Effects of taxation on labor supply, savings, risk-taking, and investments tax incidence taxation and debt dynamics re-distribution of income through fiscal policy. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
- 1- Perform a proper microeconomic analysis of efficiency of taxation
- 2- Perform a proper microeconomic analysis of tax incidence and income re-distribution
- 3- Discuss the trade-offs between efficiency and equity
- 4- Analyze the deficiencies of a given tax scheme
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: |
The material will be delivered in-class following the recommended texts. Student feedback will be measured through homeworks. |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
| 1 |
Introduction to Public Economics Household Decisions, Income Taxation and Labor Supply |
(Chapter 1,2, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 2 |
Taxation, Savings and Decisions Over Time |
(Chapter 3, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 3 |
Taxation, Savings and Decisions Over Time |
(Chapter 3, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 4 |
Taxation and Risk-Taking |
(Chapter 4, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 5 |
Taxation and Risk-Taking |
(Chapter 4, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 6 |
Taxation and the Firm |
(Chapter 5, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 7 |
Taxation and the Firm |
(Chapter 5, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 8 |
Tax Incidence?Simple Competitive Equilibrium Model |
(Chapter 6, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 9 |
Tax Incidence?Simple Competitive Equilibrium Model |
(Chapter 6, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 10 |
Tax Incidence: Departures from the Standard Model |
(Chapter 7, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 11 |
Taxation and Debt in a Growing Economy |
(Chapter 8, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 12 |
Taxation and Debt in a Growing Economy |
(Chapter 8, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 13 |
Distributional Effect of Taxation and Public Expenditure |
(Chapter 9, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
| 14 |
Theories of the State and Public Economics |
(Chapter 10, Atkinson and Stiglitz) |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High
