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Book Chapter

Akarsu, M. Z., and O. Gharehgozli (2024). The impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on European Union currencies: A high-frequency analysis. In P. Bocquillon, S. Doyle, S. James, T. Mason, R. Park, and M. Rosina (Eds.), The effects of wars: Lessons from the war in Ukraine (pp. 95). Routledge Publishing House, 45(3-4), 261-281. - https://www.routledge.com/The-Effects-of-Wars-Lessons-from-the-War-in-Ukraine/Bocquillon-Doyle-James-Mason-Park-Rosina/p/book/9781032886961

Refereed SSCI Journal Articles

Akarsu, M.Z., O. Gharehgozli, V. Atal (2024). Big Mac Affordability and Income Inequality across the European Union  - Journal of Economic Studies -https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-06-2024-0421

Akarsu, M.Z., O. Gharehgozli (2024). The Inflation-Inequality Connection in the European Union:U-Turn to Equity? Journal of Economic Integration - https://doi.org/10.11130/jei.2024015 

Akarsu, M.Z., O. Gharehgozli (2024). The Nexus Between Income Inequality and Inflation in Middle-Income Countries - Journal of Computational Social Science - https://doi.org/10.1007/s42001-024-00263-w 

Akarsu, M.Z., O. Gharehgozli (2023).The Impact of the War in Ukraine on European Union Currencies: A High-Frequency Analysis, Policy Studies - https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2023.2268543  - [SSRN Version]

Akarsu, M.Z., O. Gharehgozli, V. Atal (2023). An Investigation of Income and Wage Inequality in Turkey Using Burgernomics, Eastern European Economics https://doi.org/10.1080/00128775.2023.2253216- [SSRN Version]

Morawski, L., Akarsu, M.Z., (2023), It will take time and resources:  changing disability benefits on the way  to social model in CEE countries, Global Social Policy - https://doi.org/10.1177/14680181231197216

Akarsu, M.Z. (2023). Unveiling the Cyclical Patterns of Historical Wage Inequality among European Building Laborers - Ekonomika https://www.journals.vu.lt/ekonomika/article/view/31561 

Akarsu, M. Z. (2022). Unequal Society: Unequal Society: A Detailed Investigation of Wage and Income Inequality in the United States, Journal of Knowledge Economy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-022-01016-8

Other Refereed Journal Articles

Akarsu, M.Z. (2023). The Country Development Index: A Holistic Approach to Assessing Socioeconomic Progress. Journal of Social Sciences, 5(1). https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2913742

Akarsu, M. Z. (2021). The Impact of the Turkish Presidential System on the Turkish Lira. Journal of Banking and Financial Economics, 1(15), 14-24. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1009334

Akarsu, M. Z. (2021). Chaebol System. International Journal of Afro-Eurasian Research (IJAR), 6(12), 1-13. Retrieved from https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1537038

Akarsu, M. Z. (2021). Alteration of Consumption Habits in Turkey Over Time. Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 6(3), 122-134. https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2021.33

Akarsu, M.Z. (2021). The Causal Relationship Between Economic Growth, Inflation and Unemployment in South Korea. Wroclaw Economic Review, 27(2), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.19195/2658-1310.27.2.3

Akarsu, M. Z., Assad, D., & Kurek, K. (2020). The Pension Fund System in Turkey and Sweden. Student Journal of Law, Administration, and Economics, 34, 131-146. https://doi.org/10.19195/1733-5779.34.9

Papers Under Review

Akarsu, M.Z., L. Goczek - Income Inequality in Middle-Income Countries - Revised and Resubmitted to Review of Development Economics (SSCI) 

Akarsu, M.Z., E. Secilmis, M.B.Turgut - Economic Voting in the Turkish Presidential Elections: A Province-Level Analysis 

Akarsu, M.Z., E. Secilmis -Wealth and Want: Income Inequality and Demand for Luxury Goods in the United States This paper has made it to SSRN top ten list.

Akarsu, M.Z. - Wage or Wealth: Unpacking the Driving Forces Behind U.S. Inequality (http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4192232) Page

Akarsu, M.Z., M. Piccari - The Price of Protection: Analyzing the Trade War’s Consequences for the Rust Belt Steel Industry 

Morawski, L., Akarsu, M.Z. - Tax-benefit policy and poverty among families: Poland in 2005-2019 

Akarsu, M.Z., E. Secilmis - Exchange rate policy cycles in Turkish presidential elections 

Work in Progress

Akarsu, M.Z., Hasnat Dewan (Thompson River University) - Wage and Income Inequality in Canada

Akarsu, M.Z., Zeynep Yom (Villanova University) - Interest Rate and Income Inequality in Middle-Income Countries

Akarsu, M.Z., Michal Brzezinski (University of Warsaw) - Flat Tax and Income Inequality in Central and Eastern European Countries

Akarsu, M.Z., Erdem Secilmis (Hacettepe University) - Wage Inequality Among Immigrants in the USA

Akarsu, M.Z. Income Inequality in Developed Countries, 1920 - 2018