Chair: Prof. Necmiddin BAĞDADİOĞLU (Ph.D.)    necbag@hacettepe.edu.tr

Vice Chair: Instructor Serkan ERKAM (Ph.D.) serkam@hacettepe.edu.tr

Secratary of Deparment: Nükhet AŞKIN    nukhet@hacettepe.edu.tr

History Department of Public Finance was founded in 1983. The aim of Bachelor’s program is to graduate economists specialized in the field of public finance to be employed both in private and public sectors. Also, programs for Master’s and Ph.D. degrees have been executed in the department since 1988 and 1995 respectively.

There are four subfields of study and research in the department. These are “Theory of Public Finance”, “Fiscal Economics”, “Fiscal Law” and “Budgeting and Fiscal Planning”. The first two subfields are relevant within the framework of economic theory, while the others are relevant to the legal and technical sides of public sector budgeting practice.

Vision The vision of the department is to be a leader and reliable foundation in educating qualified and respected scientists within the framework of universal university culture and academic discipline, in producing high-level scientific products and in graduating free-minded, creative, self-confident and well-educated students at international level.

Mission The mission of the department is to educate scientists and experts highly capable in competing both at national and international levels, to produce scientific knowledge by research activities and  publications and to inform the society with the intellectual knowledge in the area of public finance.

Student Achievements The education offered at the department aims to enhance the skills of analyzing economic and financial events, the competence of accounting practices and legislation, the business-oriented legal knowledge and the capability of analyzing fiscal policy analytically.

Job Opportunities Graduates of the department have been employed in prestigious foundations such as the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Agriculture, Turkish Court of Accounts, Central Bank, Capital Markets Board, State Planning Organization, Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, Competition Authority, the Undersecretariat of Treasury, the Undersecretariat of Customs, Social Security Institution, auditing firms, public and private banks.  

Research Fields Tax systems, Taxation, Tax Law, Public Finance, Public Economics, Development Economics, Welfare Economics, Fiscal Policy, Public Enterprises, Privatization, Regulation, Public Sector Budget.

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