GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

PUBLIC CHOICE THEORY/4330060

Course Title:	PUBLIC CHOICE THEORY
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Professor Hilmi UNSAL

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hunsal

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

unsal.hilmi@gmail.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

To understand the reason of state intervention in the economy
Of state intervention in the economy could lead to potential problems and tanya
To understand the functioning of the decision-making process in the public economy
To analyze the relationship between voter - government - bureaucrat - pressure groups in the public sector
To be able to interpret the reasons for the limitation of government intervention
Analyze the advantages and weaknesses of the method of limiting public intervention
Having advanced financial economics knowledge about an alternative theory to traditional finance theory;
To be able to analyze the consequences of overgrowth of the public sector;

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Thinkers Preparing the Theory of Public Preferences, Emergence and Development of Theory
2. Week	Scope, Assumptions and Tools of Public Choice Theory
3. Week	Positive and Normative Aspects of Public Choice Theory
4. Week	Decision Making Rules: Decision Making Costs and Simple Majority rule
5. Week	Transition from Individual Values to Social Values in the Theory of Unanimous Rule, Voting Exchange and Public Preferences Theory
6. Week	Political Parties Theory and Downs Approach
7. Week	Bureaucracy Theory and Niskanen Approach
8. Week	Voter Behavior
9. Week	Public Economy Failure Theory
10. Week	Leviathan State and Social Cost
11. Week	Degeneration in Political Process and Rant Collection
12. Week	Constitutional Economics Thought
13. Week	An Evaluation of Optimal State, Welfare State and Turkey
14. Week	Critiques and Opinions Toward Public Choice Theory
15. Week	A brief summary of all topics
16. Week	Final exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Public Choice and Constitutional Economics (James M. Buchanan) Public Economy (Professor Fatih Savaşan) Liberal Economic Thinking Public Sector Dimension (Associate Professor A. Kemal Çelebi) Economic Freedoms and the State-Individual Relations in Turkey (Assoc.Prof Dr. Ahmet Burçin Yereli) Articles

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

None

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	15	2	30
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	16	2	32
Searching in Internet and Library	16	2	32
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	3	15	45
Final and Studying for Final	3	17	51
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			190
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.6
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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2						X
3					X
4					X
5					X
6					X
7					X
8					X
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GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR