Ali T. Akarca
Clinical Associate Professor
M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972
Phone: (312) 996-1416 Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-Mail:Akarca@uic.edu
Homepage:http://www.uic.edu/cba/cba-depts/economics/faculty/vitae/akarca.htm
Fields of Interest : Macroeconomics, Energy Economics, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Economy and Politics of Turkey
Selected Research :
"Identifying Crucial Oil-Price Shocks," (with Dimitri Andrianacos). The Journal of Economics, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1998, pp. 115-124
"Long-Run Impact of Tax Rate Changes on Government Receipts," (with Dimitri Andrianacos), Public Finance Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, Jan. 1998, pp. 80-94
"Detecting Break in Oil Price Series Using the Box-Tiao Method," (with Dimitri Andrianacos), International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, May 1997, pp. 217-224
"The 1979 Oil Price Shock and Inflation in Five Industrial Countries: An Intervention Analysis" (with Thomas V. Long). In O.D. Anderson, ed.,Time Series Analysis: Theory and Practice 4, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1983, pp. 187-192
"On the Relationship Between Energy and GNP: A Reexamination" (with Thomas V. Long). Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. 5, No. 2, Spring 1980, pp. 326-331
"Energy and Employment: A Time Series Analysis of the Causal Relationship" (with Thomas V. Long), Resources and Energy, Vol. 2, No. 2/3, October/November 1979, pp. 151-162
Current Research Interests:
The effect of economic variables on election outcomes and vice versa
Tax rates and tax revenues
The behavior of the oil price and its effects on the macroeconomy
Other Significant Accomplishments :
O.E.C.D. Fellow, 1969-1971 and 1972-1975.
Ford Foundation Fellow, 1971-1972.
Research Associate, the Committee on Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, 1978-1980.
Finalist, Silver Circle Award for Teaching Excellence, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, 1993 & 1994.
Economic Research Forum, Honorariums for papers presented in the meetings, 2002 and 2003
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