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ECON 101 Introduction to Economics I (303)
A general view of economic problems; theories of supply and demand;
elasticity, marginal analysis of consumer and firm's behaviour;
factor markets; pricing in competitive and non-competitive markets.
ECON 102 Introduction to Economics II (303)
Determination of national income; changes in output and employment;
money, banking system; problems of inflation and unemployment;
growth and development; international trade.
ECON 205 Microeconomics (303)
Theory of consumer behaviour, theory of production and cost, pricing
in competitive markets, various market structures; theory of general
equlibrium and economic welfare.
ECON206 Macroeconomics (303)
An overview of macroeconomic issues, national income accounting,
classical and modern theories of income determination, employment,
unemployment, interest rates, business fluctuations, monetary and
fiscal policies, international economic issues.
ECON 203 Public Finance (303)
The need for government intervention, analysis of public goods,
issues related to income distribution, central governments and local
administrations, budget systems, cost-benefit analysis, structure of
expenditures and public revenues.
ECON 204 Economic History (303)
A survey of world economic history covering feudal societies,
transformation to market oriented societies, centralised societies,
formation of integration and globalisation.
ECON 301 Theory of International Economics
(303)
The pure theory of international trade; the classical and
neoclassical theories of foreign trade, terms of trade, foreign
trade multiplier; theories and analysis of the balance of payments.
ECON 302 International Economic Policy (303)
International trade policies; free trade versus tariffs and non-
tariff barriers; GATT negotiations and exceptions from free
trade,WTO.
ECON 303 Research Methods (303)
Theoretical approaches, methodology and strategy in social research;
quantitative and qualitative research methods; ways of collecting
and evaluating data; sampling techniques; preparation and
implementation of results; ethical problems of research.
ECON 304 History of Economic Thought (303)
A historical survey of the development of economic analysis covering
the contributions of mercantalists, physiocrats and classical
economists; analysis of the Marxian theory of value and distribution
and the theory of production and distribution, the emergence of
general equilibrium theory.
ECON 305 Money and Banking (303)
An overview of financial mechanism; analysis of the demand and
supply of money; the functioning of money and capital markets;
interest rate determination, the roles of financial intermediaries;
some references to the Turkish financial institutions and to their
practices.
ECON 306 Monetary Policy (303)
An analysis of generalised classical and Keynesian systems; the
monetarist approach; the gap analysis; interest rate mechanism and
other effects; appraisal of the monetary and fiscal policies;
alternative interpretation of the generalizations of the classical
system.
ECON 307 Public Sector Economics (303)
The nature and scope of the public sector activities; pricing of
public goods; the functioning of state economic enterprises;
responsibilities for nationalization and privatization of
enterprises; the Turkish experience with public sector economics.
ECON 308 Fiscal Policy (303)
Budgeting techniques and practices; analysis of fiscal measures to
realise the goals of allocation, distribution, stabilisation, growth
and development; evaluation of the validity of fiscal tools; survey
of recent trends in fiscal policy.
ECON 311 Econometrics I (303)
The simple regression model covering the basic assumption,
estimation and test of hypothesis; prediction and the problem of
choosing; the multiple regression model including estimation, tests,
specification, and error analysis.
ECON 312 Econometrics II (303)
Dummy variables; testing structural change, estimating the
prediction error variance; the polynomial distributed lag and the
geometric distributed lag; autocorrelation and heteroscedasticity;
simultaneous equations.
ECON 412 Seminar in Economics (303)
Assigments for reading and research work; class discussions on the
progress of research.
ECON 403 Development Economics (303)
The nature of economıc development and development theories;
underdevelopment theories; roots of backwardness; unbalanced growth,
structural changes.
ECON 407 Turkish Economy (303)
Structure and historical development of Turkish Economy;
agriculture, industry and service; role and importance of private
and public sectors.
ECON 408 European Union (303)
A survey of the history and evolution of the European Community and
Union; the institutions of EU and the decision making process; some
references to EU policies; approches to Maastricht Treaty, role and
importance of Euro.
ECON 409 International Economic Relations of
Turkey (303)
Interdependence in the world economy, the international economy
in the twentieth century; opportunities or constraints which arise
from relations with other countries; trade, capital flows,
migration, foreign exchange mechanisms, foreign rules and policies;
the evolution of these relations with respect to Turkey within
import substitution and export led growth models; strong emphasis
will be given to the role of policy and institutions, both national
and international.
ECON 411 Industrial Economics and Technology
(3 0 3)
The forces of industrial development, a survey of historical
analysis, the economics of technological change and industrial
policy in connection with domestic and international perspective.
ECON 410 Economic Analysis (303)
Definition, method, framework of supply and demand analysis
(assumptions, restrictions); equlibrium and stability; analyzing
consumer behaviour and decision making; cost theory, optimum factor
endowment and choice, linear programming , comparison of different
market types.
ECON 413 Agricultural Economics (303)
Contemporary agricultural problems; various models of agricultural
development; evaluation of government policies.
ECON 414 Labour Economics (303)
Labour supply and demand conditions; wage determination under
different market structures; concepts of employment and
unemployment; unions, government intervention, disputes and
negotiations.
ECON 416 Financial Markets (303)
An overview of the financial system; financial markets and financial
instruments; the structure of interest; financial institutions,
financial derivatives.
ECON 417 Transition Economics (303)
The analysis of the economic policies of transition economies
(Former ‘‘Socialist Block’’) in close connection with their
historical, cultural and political aspects; their economic relations
with Turkey; the future impact of the transitional economic policies
on these countries and on the world economy.
ECON 418 Turkish Tax System and Tax Reform
(303)
Analysis of the Turkish tax system in historical perspective; study
of taxes on income, wealth and expenditures; evaluation of the
measures for improved tax administration; analysis of cases in tax
reform.
ECON 419 Environmental Economics (303)
The effects of economic activity on natural environment; inspection
of negative externalities causing damage; responsibilities of
individuals and institutions; conservation of the environment as a
public good.
ECON 420 Urban Economics (303)
Theoretical aspects of urban spatial structure; concepts of urban
land use and planning; economic and social analysis of urban
community; study of housing, transportation, health, education and
other problems and activities in urban areas.
ECON 421 Business and Society (3 0 3)
The responsibilities of both business and society and how they
interact with each other; analysis of economic, social and
managerial practies and experiments that are typical of Turkish
business life and society; social issues, public policies and
ethical problems that arise in business.
ECON 422 International Monetary System (303)
The economics of international transaction; balance of payments, the
exchange rates and economic adjustments; the organisation of
international financial system;gold standard Bretton Woods,
convertible currency system; floating rates, managed floating, the
economics of monetary integration, currency crises, implications of
Euro for EU and non-EU countries.
ECON 423 Time Series Econometrics (3 0 3)
Stationary time-series models, modeling volatility, models with
trend, multi-equation time-series models, cointegration and
error-correction models and non-linear time-series.
ECON 428 Economics of Innovation and Knowledge (3 0 3)
Innovation and Knowledge as two key dimensions of modern economic
growth and on how they interact; economic definition of knowledge
and innovation; how knowledge is produced and reproduced; the
sources of innovation ; the role of knowledge in a dynamic
innovative economy; the contribution of innovation to economic
growth and development.
ECON 424 Contemporary Issues of Economic Theory (3 0 3)
This course revolves around current debates in economic theory;
economics and rationality, decision making under uncertainity,
asymmetric information, contents and discontents of globalization,
institutionalists, green economy, neo-keynesian economics, critics
of assumptions and applications of neo-liberal economy, new
approaches in economic theory.
ECON 426 Introduction to Game Theory (3 0 3)
Solution concepts; dominant strategy equilibrium, iterated dominant
strategy equilibrium, Nash equilibrium, focal point equilibrium and
evolutionary equilibrium; fundamental dynamic game solution
techniques; Nash equilibrium and backwards induction, subgames and
subgame perfect equilibrium; uncertainty; exogenous uncertainty in
static games, exogenous, uncertainty in dynamic games, endogenous
uncertainty in static games.
SOC 102 Introduction to Sociology (303)
Introduction to the prominent approaches, newly emerging
perspectives and basic concepts in sociology; the elements, problems
and benefits of the sociological perspective; an overview of
development of sociology in Turkey; the basics of sociological
investigation; society and culture; process of socialization; family
and its patterns of change; economy, consumption and work; social
stratification and mobility; analysis of the causes of social
change, modernity and post-modernity.
STAT 201 Statistics I (303)
The scope of statistics; presentation and analysis of data; summary
statistics and elements of explanatory data analysis; probability,
random variables, distributions, some probability distributions;
binomial, Poisson, hyper-geometric, normal and exponential
distributions, sampling distributions; central limit theorem; the
law of large numbers; T, F, chi-square distributions; estimation
methods.
STAT 202 Statistics II (303)
Hypothesis testing; small and large samples; confidence intervals;
analysis of variance; linear regression and correlation, multiple
regression and tests; non – parametric methods; statistical decision
making; index numbers. |