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. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20172018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  3. 2016
  4. 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

  5. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - VfS 2016

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. 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

  7. 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

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

    Mechtel, M. (Member)

    01.04.2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  9. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Office)

    01.04.201631.12.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  10. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Mechtel, M. (Member)

    04.201604.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  11. 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

  12. Workshop on Microeconomics 2016

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    03.03.2016

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

  13. Graduate School (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Chair)

    20162020

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  14. Institute of Economics (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Coordinator)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  15. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Deputy member)

    20162018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  16. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    20162017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  17. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20162018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  18. 2015
  19. Forschungsseminar, Leuphana Universität 2015

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    11.2015

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

  20. Forschungsseminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    11.2015

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

  21. Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS Jahrestagung 2015

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. 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

  23. Forschungsseminar, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2015

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

  24. 2nd Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference - SES 2015

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. European Association of Young Economists (External organisation)

    Mechtel, M. (Member)

    20152017

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  27. Gutachtertätigkeiten

    Mechtel, M. (Reviewer)

    2015 → …

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  28. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Editor)

    20152016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Editor)

    20152016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  30. Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2015

    Pfeifer, C. (Organiser)

    2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  31. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  32. 2014
  33. Forschungsseminar, Newcastle University

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  34. 26th European Association of Labour Economics Conference - EALE 2014

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  35. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - VfS 2014

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. 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

  37. 28th Jahrestagung European Society of Population Economics - ESPE 2014

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. IZA-Workshop 2014

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2014

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

  39. Forschungsseminar, Technische Universität Darmstadt

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  40. Jahrestagung Scottish Economic Society - ScotEcon 2014

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    04.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  41. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Editorial Board)

    2014 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  42. Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2014

    Pfeifer, C. (Organiser)

    2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  43. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20142017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  44. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20142017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  45. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2014

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  46. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    20142015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  47. 2013
  48. Ökonomisches Kolloquium - IAAEU 2013

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    12.2013

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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. RWI Research Seminar - 2013

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    11.2013

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

  52. 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

  53. Statistische Woche - 2013

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  54. 28th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association and 67th European Meeting of the Econometric Society - EEA 2013

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)

    26.08.201330.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  55. Hauspreisindizes in OECD-Ländern – Eine Panel-Kointegrationsanalyse

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)

    25.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch