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Das Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre beschäftigt sich in Forschung und Lehre mit ökonomischen Fragestellungen, die einen weiten Themenbereich abdecken.
Zu den thematischen Schwerpunkten des Instituts gehören die Bereiche Arbeitsökonomik, Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftspolitik, Wirtschaftstheorie und Finanzmärkte.

Die Forschungsschwerpunkte des Instituts sind:

Mikroökonometrische Untersuchungen zur internationalen Firmentätigkeit, Betriebsdemographie und Arbeitsplatzdynamik sowie industriellen Beziehungen;

Ökonomische Analysen zur Regulierung bzw. Deregulierung;

Ökonomische Analysen von Versicherungsmärkten;

Dynamische Makroökonomik und Verteilungsanalysen;

Innovation und Wachstum.

  1. 2016
  2. Published

    A survey of empirical studies using transaction level data on exports and imports

    Wagner, J., 01.02.2016, In: Review of World Economics. 152, 1, p. 215-225 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    An intersection test for the cointegrating rank in dependent panel data

    Arsova, A. & Karaman Örsal, D. D., 03.2016, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 18 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics ; no. 357).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Intra-firm Wage Compression and Cost Coverage of Training: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Pfeifer, C., 03.2016, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 69, 2, p. 435-454 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  5. Published

    What workers want: job satisfaction in the U.S.

    Humpert, S., 03.2016, In: Management Research and Practice. 8, 1, p. 39-45 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    25 Years of German Reunification

    Pfeifer, C., Smolny, W. & Wagner, J., 01.03.2016, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 236, 2, p. 153-155 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  7. Published

    Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification: Additional insights on the pattern of convergence

    Petrunyk, I. & Pfeifer, C., 01.03.2016, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 236, 2, p. 217-239 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Still Different After All These Years: Extensive and Intensive Margins of Exports in East and West German Manufacturing Enterprises

    Wagner, J., 01.03.2016, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 236, 2, p. 297 - 322 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Quality of firms' imports and distance to countries of origin: First evidence from Germany

    Wagner, J., 22.03.2016, In: Economics Bulletin. 36, 1, p. 515-521 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Somewhere over the rainbow: sexual orientation and earnings in Germany

    Humpert, S., 04.04.2016, In: International Journal of Manpower. 37, 1, p. 69-98 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    The Lumpiness of German Exports and Imports of Goods

    Wagner, J., 29.04.2016, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 41 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 359).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  12. Published

    Export diversification and income differences reconsidered: The extensive product margin in theory and application

    Mau, K., 01.05.2016, In: Review of World Economics. 152, 2, p. 351-381 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Exporter and Importer Dynamics Database for Germany

    Wagner, J., 01.05.2016, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 236, 3, p. 411 - 420 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  14. Published

    Exports and Firm Characteristics in German Manufacturing Industries: New Evidence from Representative Panel Data

    Wagner, J., 21.06.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 91-137 47 p. (World Scientific Studies in international Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  15. Published

    Exports and Productivity: A Survey of the Evidence from Firm Level Data

    Wagner, J., 21.06.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 3-41 39 p. (World Scientific Studies in international Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  16. Published

    Credit Constraints and Exports: A Survey of Empirical Studies Using Firm Level Data

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 401-421 21 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  17. Published

    Credit Constraints and Margins of Import: First Evidence for German Manufacturing Enterprises

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 423-452 30 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  18. Published

    Do Exporters Really Pay Higher Wages? First Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 177-213 37 p. (World Scientific Studies in international Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  19. Published

    Exports and Profitability -First Evidence for German Manufacturing Firms

    Fryges, H. & Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 245-277 33 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  20. Published

    Exports, Imports and Firm Survival: First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 341-367 27 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  21. Published

    Exports, Imports and Profitability: First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 311-338 28 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  22. Published

    From Estimation Results to Stylized Facts: Twelve Recommendations for Empirical Research in International Activities of Heterogeneous Firms

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 479-514 36 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  23. Published

    Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing Firms: Self-selection, Learning from Importing or Both?

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 139-174 36 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  24. Published

    Higher Wages in Exporting Firms: Self-selection, Export Effect, or Both? First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 215-241 27 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  25. Published

    International Trade and Firm Performance: A Survey of Empirical Studies since 2006

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 43-87 45 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  26. Published

    Multinomial choice models based on Archimedean copulas

    Schwiebert, J., 01.07.2016, In: AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis. 100, 3, p. 333-354 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Risk or Resilience? The Role of Trade Integration and Foreign Ownership for the Survival of German Enterprises during the Crisis 2008-2010

    Wagner, J. & Gelübcke, J. P. W., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 369-397 29 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  28. Published

    Nonunion representation in Germany

    Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 08.07.2016, Nonunion employee representation: History, Contemporary Practice, and Policy. Kaufman, B. E. & Taras, D. G. (eds.). Armonk, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 365-385 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  29. Published

    A panel cointegration rank test with structural breaks and cross-sectional dependence

    Arsova, A. & Karaman Örsal, D. D., 08.2016, Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2016: Demographischer Wandel : Session: Time Series Econometrics, No. D01-V3. ZBW - Leibniz Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, 27 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  30. Published

    Intra-good trade in Germany: A first look at the evidence

    Wagner, J., 08.2016, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 365).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  31. Published

    Evidence on copula-based double-hurdle models with flexible margins

    Schwiebert, J., 01.08.2016, In: Empirical Economics. 51, 1, p. 245-289 45 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    The Lumpiness of German Exports and Imports of Goods

    Wagner, J., 30.08.2016, In: Economics. 10, p. 1-38 38 p., 2016-21.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Quality of Firms' Exports and Distance to Destination Countries: First Evidence from Germany

    Wagner, J., 01.09.2016, In: Open Economies Review. 27, 4, p. 811-818 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Gender wage discrimination: Does the extent of competition in labor markets explain why female workers are paid less than men?

    Hirsch, B., 01.11.2016, In: IZA World of Labor. November, 10 p., 310.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Social identity and social free-riding

    Bernard, M., Hett, F. & Mechtel, M., 01.11.2016, In: European Economic Review. 90, p. 4-17 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Das Auf und Ab der Tankstellenpreise: Die Rolle des Binnen- und Außenwettbewerbs

    Neukirch, A. & Wein, T., 01.12.2016, In: List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik. 42, 2, p. 195-245 51 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Comparing marginal effects between different models and/or samples

    Schwiebert, J., 02.12.2016, In: Economics Bulletin. 36, 4, p. 2324-2332 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  38. 2017
  39. Published

    Beschäftigungsstruktur und Produktivität: Empirische Befunde für deutsche Unternehmen

    Pfeifer, C. & Wagner, J., 2017, In: Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter. 64, 1, p. 63-70 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Published
  41. Published
  42. Published

    It pays to be active on many foreign markets: Profitability in German multi-market exporters and importers from manufacturing industries

    Wagner, J., 2017, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 21 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; vol. 373).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  43. Published

    Kombinierte Firmenpaneldaten: Datenangebot und Analysepotenziale

    Wagner, J., 2017, Handbuch Empirische Organisationsforschung. Liebig, S. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, p. 63-74 12 p. (Springer Reference Wirtschaft).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Productivity premia for many modes of internationalization. A replication study of Békés/Muraközy, Economics Letters (2016)

    Wagner, J., 2017, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 12 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; vol. 372).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  45. Published
  46. Published
  47. Published

    Trade costs shocks and lumpiness of imports: Evidence from the Fukushima disaster

    Wagner, J., 2017, In: Economics Bulletin. 37, 1, p. 149-155 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Trade Dynamics, Trade Costs and Market Size: First Evidence from the Exporter and Importer Dynamics Database for Germany

    Wagner, J., 2017, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 63, 2, p. 137 - 159 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Active on many foreign markets. A portrait of German multi-market exporters and importers from manufacturing industries

    Wagner, J., 01.2017, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 33 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 368).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  50. Published

    Firm size and the use of export intermediaries. A replication study of Abel-Koch, The World Economy (2013)

    Wagner, J., 01.2017, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 8 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 370).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  51. Published

    Multiple import sourcing. First evidence for German enterprises from manufacturing industries

    Wagner, J., 01.2017, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 13 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 369).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  52. Published

    Distance-sensitivity of German exports: first evidence from firm-product level data

    Wagner, J., 06.02.2017, In: Applied Economics Letters. 24, 3, p. 140-142 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review