GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

QUANTATIVE ECONOMIC POLITICS/4080042

Course Title:	QUANTATIVE ECONOMIC POLITICS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Professor Alpaslan Akçoraoğlu

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

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/akcora

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

akcora@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learn theoretical foundations of monetary policy.
Learn theoretical models of stabilization policy.
Learn advanced theory of monetary and fiscal policy interactions.
Learn empirical applications of monetary policy.
Learn recent theoretical and empirical advances in monetary policy.

-- 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	Money-in-the-Utility (MUI) Model I
2. Week	Money-in-the-Utility (MUI) Model II
3. Week	Money, Output and Inflation int he Short Run
4. Week	Monetary Policy Operating Procedures I
5. Week	Monetary Policy Operating Procedures II
6. Week	Interest Rates and Monetary Policy I
7. Week	Interest Rates and Monetary Policy II
8. Week	MIDTERM
9. Week	Credit Channel of Monetary Policy I
10. Week	Credit Channel of Monetary Policy II
11. Week	New Keynesian Monetary Policy I
12. Week	New Keynesian Monetary Policy II
13. Week	Money and Fiscal Policy I
14. Week	Money and Fiscal Policy II
15. Week	Monetary Policy Activism and Time Inconsistency
16. Week	Final Examination

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

1. Jordi Galí, Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle: An Introduction to the New Keynesian Framework, Princeton University Press. 2. Carl E. Walsh, Monetary Theory and Policy, The MIT Press. 3. Bennet T. McCallum, Monetary Economics, Macmillan Publishing Company.

-- 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	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	14	2	28
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	1	10	10
Preparing Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	4	6	24
Final and Studying for Final	4	10	40
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			186
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.44
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1					X
2				X
3			X
4						X
5						X
6						X
7						X
8						X
9				X
10						X

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