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
Fields of Interest:
Macroeconomics, Energy Economics, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Economy and Politics of Turkey
Selected Research:
“Social and Economic Determinants of Turkish Voter Choice in the 1995 Parliamentary Election,” (with Aysit Tansel), Electoral Studies, Vol. 26, No. 3, September 2007, pp. 633-647.
"Economic Performance and Political Outcomes: An Analysis of the Turkish Parliamentary and Local Election Results Between 1950 and 2004," (with Aysit Tansel). Public Choice, forthcoming, 2007.
“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
“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
Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc. Award for travel to Uzbekistan, 1994
Economic Research Forum, Honorariums for papers presented in the meetings, 2002 and 2005
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