Course Descriptions

Ders Adı / Ders Kodu
Saatler
Kredi
AKTS

Monetary Economics

ECO312

Actors of financial markets, Central Banks and Federal Reserve System. Commercial banks. Bank and non-bank financial institutions. Theories of money. Analysis of money supply and demand. Definiton and calculation of money supply. Reserve money. Monetary base and central bank money. Calculation of money stock. Money demand. Theories of money demand. Money market equilibrium. Interest rates formation. Interest rate and financial analysis. Money and income. Monetary transmission mechanism. Monetarist approach to balance of payments.

( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
6

AKTS

6

Kredi

3

Saatler

(3 + 0 + 0 )

Economic Growth and Development

ECO314

Designing growth models for a small open economy. Theories of economic growth and development. Labor supply and population dynamics in growth models. Incorporating income distribution into growth models. The diffusion of technology in growth models. Location and economic growth. Planning strategies. Trade and planning models. Stable and unstable growth. Post-World War II growth. The relevance of grwoth theories for economies in transition. Survey of classical and contemporary theories of development. Development theories. Different models of development. Major problems of economic development and structural change.

( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
6

AKTS

6

Kredi

3

Saatler

(3 + 0 + 0 )

Complementary Elective-II

ECO-C-II

Complementary Elective-II

( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5

AKTS

5

Kredi

3

Saatler

(3 + 0 + 0 )

Departmental Elective-III

ECO-D2-III

Departmental Elective-III

( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5

AKTS

5

Kredi

3

Saatler

(3 + 0 + 0 )

Free Elective-II

ECO-F-II

Free Elective-II

( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5

AKTS

5

Kredi

3

Saatler

(3 + 0 + 0 )

Research Methods

MAN362

Introduction to research, defining the research problem, research design, qualitative research, quantitative research, experimental designs, measurement and scaling, questionnaire design, sampling procedure, data collection methods, data preparation and analysis, research report preparation and presentation.

( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
6

AKTS

6

Kredi

3

Saatler

(3 + 0 + 0 )

Economics of the EU

ECO401

The history of the European integration. Basic institutions of the EU and their functions. The role of the EU in the world economy. Common policies of the EU. Widening and deepening of the European integration. Principles of subsidiarity and the EU. The Copenhagen and Maastricht criteria and Lisbon strategies of the EU. The EU enlargement to the south and the east. Accession protocols and membership negotiations. The history of the EU-Turkey relations. Reforms, and accession strategies to be followed by Turkey.

( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
6

AKTS

6

Kredi

3

Saatler

(3 + 0 + 0 )

Economic Policy

ECO411

The intersection of politics and economics. Political and market solutions to collective problems. The politics of economic crises. Corporations and labor in the political economy. Regulation. Monetary policy. Fiscal policy. Current and recent real-world macroeconomic events and conditions.

( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
6

AKTS

6

Kredi

3

Saatler

(3 + 0 + 0 )

History of Economic Thought

ECO419

Mercantilism. Physiocracy. Theories of Smith, Ricardo, Malthus and Mill. Marxism. Marginalists and Neoclassicals. Marshall. Walras. Keynesian Economics. Cambridge controversies and calculation debate. Post-Keynesian economics. Monetarists. New Keynesians versus New Classicals. Heterodox approaches. Discussion of Walras and the emergence of general equilibrium theory.

( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5

AKTS

5

Kredi

3

Saatler

(3 + 0 + 0 )

Complementary Elective-III

ECO-C-III

Complementary Elective-III

( 3 + 0 + 0 )
3
5

AKTS

5

Kredi

3

Saatler

(3 + 0 + 0 )