Organisation profile

In research and teaching, the Institute of Economics deals with economic issues covering a wide range of topics.
The Institute's thematic focuses include applied microeconomics, macroeconomics, empirical economic research, economic policy, economic theory and financial markets. The following pages provide a detailed insight into the research and teaching activities of the institute.

Main research areas

The main research areas of the Institute of Economics are:

  • Microeconometric studies on international firm activity, firm demography and workplace dynamics, and industrial relations
  • Economic analyses of regulation and deregulation
  • Economic analyses of insurance markets
  • Applied microeconomics with empirical focus (e.g. labour, health, education).
  • Macroeconomic research questions in areas such as labour market research, inequality research, monetary policy, fiscal policy, foreign trade theory and growth theory.
  1. 2017
  2. Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2017

    Pfeifer, C. (Organiser), Hirsch, B. (Organiser) & Mechtel, M. (Organiser)

    2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    2017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  4. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  5. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20172018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  6. 2016
  7. Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association 2016

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Speaker)

    04.09.201607.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - VfS 2016

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. European Meeting of the Econometric Society and Annual Congress of the European Economic Association - ESEM & EEA 2016

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)

    22.08.201626.08.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. IWH Workshop on Labour Mobility and Inequality

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    07.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  11. Professorship for Economics, in Particular Empirical Microeconomics (Organisational unit)

    Mechtel, M. (Member)

    01.04.2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  12. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Office)

    01.04.201631.12.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  13. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Mechtel, M. (Member)

    04.201604.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  14. Lüneburg Workshop on Microeconomics 2016

    Mechtel, M. (Organiser) & Pfeifer, C. (Organiser)

    03.03.201604.03.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Workshop on Microeconomics 2016

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    03.03.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  16. Graduate School (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Chair)

    20162020

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  17. Institute of Economics (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Coordinator)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  18. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Deputy member)

    20162018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  19. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    20162017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  20. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20162018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  21. 2015
  22. Forschungsseminar, Leuphana Universität 2015

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  23. Forschungsseminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  24. Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS Jahrestagung 2015

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. Workshop der Abteilung Strukturwandel und Produktivität des IWH - IWH 2015

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    07.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  26. Forschungsseminar, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  27. 2nd Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference - SES 2015

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society - RES 2015

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. European Association of Young Economists (External organisation)

    Mechtel, M. (Member)

    20152017

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  30. Gutachtertätigkeiten

    Mechtel, M. (Reviewer)

    2015 → …

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  31. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Editor)

    20152016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  32. Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Editor)

    20152016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  33. Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2015

    Pfeifer, C. (Organiser)

    2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  35. 2014
  36. Forschungsseminar, Newcastle University

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  37. 26th European Association of Labour Economics Conference - EALE 2014

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - VfS 2014

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. 18th Annual Conference of The International Society for New Institutional Economics - ISNIE 2014

    Pape, A. (Speaker)

    19.06.201421.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. 28th Jahrestagung European Society of Population Economics - ESPE 2014

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  41. IZA-Workshop 2014

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  42. Forschungsseminar, Technische Universität Darmstadt

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  43. Jahrestagung Scottish Economic Society - ScotEcon 2014

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    04.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  44. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Editorial Board)

    2014 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  45. Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2014

    Pfeifer, C. (Organiser)

    2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  46. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20142017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  47. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20142017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  48. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2014

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  49. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    20142015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  50. 2013
  51. Ökonomisches Kolloquium - IAAEU 2013

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    12.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  52. A Simple Likelihood-based Panel Cointegration Test in the Presence of a Linear Time Trend and Cross-sectional Dependence

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Coauthor)

    29.11.201330.11.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  53. Do the global stochastic trends drive the real house prices in OECD countries?

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Speaker)

    29.11.201330.11.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  54. RWI Research Seminar - 2013

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    11.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  55. 30th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Law and Economics - EALE 2013

    Pape, A. (Speaker)

    26.09.201328.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch