COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: FISCAL POLICY

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ECO 342	B	6	3	0	0	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Erjon Gjoçi , Mondays - 10am-11am - or by appointment
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	Halisa Babasi
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	Online
Course Description:	Examining about Public finance, definition and aim of fiscal policy, giving method of fiscal policy. Analyzing fiscal policy for inflation, deflation, instability and stagflation.
Course Objectives:	Evaluate the effectiveness of fiscal policy through consideration of factors including, the ability to target sectors of the economy, the direct impact on aggregate demand, the effectiveness of promoting economic activity in a recession, and crowding out.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Welcome and Syllabus
2	Introduction to Fiscal Policy
3	Sources of government revenue
4	Types of government expenditure
5	Discussion & Case Study
6	Fiscal Policy Review - Midterm
7	Midterm
8	The Budget Outcome
9	Evaluation of fiscal policy
10	Case Study #1 and Discussion
11	Case Study #2 and Discussion
12	Case Study #3 and Discussion
13	Case Study #4 and Discussion
14	Semester Review for Final Exam

Prerequisite(s):	Macroeconomics
Textbook:	Macroeconomics: Policy and Practice - Second Edition Frederic S. Mishkin
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Evaluation of fiscal policy
2	Fiscal policy and the ability to target sectors of the economy
3	Fiscal policy impact on aggregate demand
4	Fiscal policy effectiveness of promoting economic activity in a recession
5	Fiscal policy and crowding out

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Economics (3 years) Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Presentation	2	10
Case Study	1	30
Final Exam	1	20
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	4	64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	2	20	40
Mid-terms	1	20	20
Assignments	1	6	6
Final examination	1	20	20
Other	0	0	0
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6