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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. 2017
  2. Published

    Trademarks, Comparative Advertising, and Product Imitations: An Untold Story of Law and Economics

    Dornis, T. W. & Wein, T., 03.2017, In: Penn State Law Review. 121, 2, p. 421-470 50 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    “Have you felt angry lately?”: A note on unfair wage perceptions and the negative emotion of anger

    Pfeifer, C., 01.04.2017, In: Bulletin of Economic Research. 69, 2, p. 124-137 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Meta-analytic cointegrating rank tests for dependent panels

    Karaman Örsal, D. D. & Arsova, A., 01.04.2017, In: Econometrics and Statistics. 2, p. 61-72 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Niedrigzinsen bei Bausparkassen: ein Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofs

    Wein, T., 01.04.2017, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 97, 4, p. 294-298 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Overcoming resistance against managed care: insights from a bargaining model

    Ehlert, A., Wein, T. & Zweifel, P., 22.05.2017, In: Health Economics Review. 7, 1, 15 p., 19.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    R&D Activities and Extensive Margins of Exports in Manufacturing Enterprises: First Evidence for Germany

    Wagner, J., 27.05.2017, In: International Trade Journal. 31, 3, p. 232-244 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Tax enforcement and corporate profit shifting

    Baumann, F., Buchwald, A., Friehe, T., Hottenrott, H. & Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 29.07.2017, In: Applied Economics Letters. 24, 13, p. 902-905 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Religious activity, risk-taking preferences and financial behaviour: Empirical evidence from German survey data

    León, A. K. & Pfeifer, C., 01.08.2017, In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 69, p. 99-107 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    The inverse hockey stick effect: an empirical investigation of the fiscal calendar’s impact on firm inventories

    Hoberg, K., Badorf, F. & Lapp, L., 18.08.2017, In: International Journal of Production Research. 55, 16, p. 4601-4624 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    US policy spillover(?) – China's accession to the WTO and rising exports to the EU

    Mau, K., 09.2017, In: European Economic Review. 98, p. 169-188 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Do workers perceive high wage settlements of craft unions as fair?

    Pfeifer, C., Stephan, G., Dütsch, M. & Struck, O., 02.09.2017, In: Applied Economics Letters. 24, 15, p. 1093-1096 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Coming to work while sick: An economic theory of presenteeism with an application to German data

    Hirsch, B., Lechmann, D. & Schnabel, C., 01.10.2017, In: Oxford Economic Papers. 69, 4, p. 1010-1031 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Do unfair perceived own pay and top managers’ pay erode satisfaction with democracy?

    Pfeifer, C. & Schneck, S., 07.10.2017, In: Applied Economics Letters. 24, 17, p. 1263-1266 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Betriebsräte und andere Formen der betrieblichen Mitarbeitervertretung: Substitute oder Komplemente?

    Ertelt, S., Hirsch, B. & Schnabel, C., 01.12.2017, In: Industrielle Beziehungen. 24, 3, p. 296-320 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Erratum to: Gambling to leapfrog in status? (Review of Economics of the Household, (2017), 15, 4, (1291-1319), 10.1007/s11150-015-9306-9)

    Friehe, T. & Mechtel, M., 01.12.2017, In: Review of Economics of the Household. 15, 4, p. 1321 - 1322 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  17. Published

    Gambling to leapfrog in status?

    Friehe, T. & Mechtel, M., 01.12.2017, In: Review of Economics of the Household. 15, 4, p. 1291 - 1319 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Kooperationsverhalten niedergelassener Ärzte in Norddeutschland: Statistische Analyse der Einflussfaktoren

    Ehlert, A., 01.12.2017, In: Gesundheitsokonomie und Qualitatsmanagement. 22, 6, p. 290-296 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

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

    Wagner, J., 08.12.2017, In: Applied Economics. 49, 57, p. 5753-5761 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    The identification of up-And downstream industries using input-output tables and a firm-level application to minority shareholdings

    Bodnar, O. A., Buchwald, A. & Weche, J. P., 20.12.2017, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 237, 6, p. 499-525 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Analysing money demand relation for OECD countries using common factors

    Karaman Örsal, D. D., 26.12.2017, In: Applied Economics. 49, 60, p. 6003 - 6013 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  22. 2018
  23. Published

    An empirical note on commuting distance and sleep during workweek and weekend

    Pfeifer, C., 01.2018, In: Bulletin of Economic Research. 70, 1, p. 97-102 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Shortening the potential duration of unemployment benefits and labor market outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment in Germany

    Petrunyk, I. & Pfeifer, C., 01.2018, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 48 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 377).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  25. Published

    The impact of personality traits on wage growth and the gender wage gap

    Schäfer, K. & Schwiebert, J., 01.2018, In: Bulletin of Economic Research. 70, 1, p. 20-34 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Multiple Import Sourcing: First Evidence for German Enterprises from Manufacturing Industries

    Wagner, J., 01.02.2018, In: Open Economies Review. 29, 1, p. 165-175 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    The heterogeneous competitive effects of trade and foreign direct investment: Firm-level evidence for European countries

    Weche, J. P., 03.2018, In: World Economy. 41, 3, p. 801-830 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    The role of task meaning on output in groups: Experimental evidence

    Bäker, A. & Mechtel, M., 03.2018, In: Managerial and Decision Economics. 39, 2, p. 131-141 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Anforderungen der Wirtschaftswissenschaften an die Europarechtswissenschaft

    Wein, T., 01.04.2018, Europarechtswissenschaft. Hatje, A., Müller-Graf, P-C. & Terhechte, J. P. (eds.). 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 133 - 147 15 p. 6. (Europarecht / Beiheft).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  30. Published

    Germany's trade in goods: A survey of the evidence from transaction data

    Wagner, J., 01.04.2018, In: Wirtschafts- und sozialstatistisches Archiv. 12, 1, p. 69 - 82 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Active on Many Foreign Markets: A Portrait of German Multi-market Exporters and Importers from Manufacturing Industries

    Wagner, J., 25.04.2018, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 238, 2, p. 157-182 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Econometric Studies with Integrated Micro-data from German Official Statistics

    Wagner, J., 25.04.2018, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 238, 2, p. 101-101 1 p.

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

  33. Published

    Do employers have more monopsony power in slack labor markets?

    Hirsch, B., Jahn, E. J. & Schnabel, C., 01.05.2018, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 71, 3, p. 676-704 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Environmental Regulation and Sustainable Competitiveness: Evaluating the Role of Firm-Level Green Investments in the Context of the Porter Hypothesis

    Stoever, J. & Weche, J. P., 01.06.2018, In: Environmental and Resource Economics. 70, 2, p. 429-455 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Relevanz von Margin-Squeeze-Preissetzung: Ein empirischer Test für den deutschen Kraftstoffmarkt

    Kleineberg, C. & Wein, T., 03.08.2018, In: Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb. 07-08, p. 382-389 8 p., 1255686.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Positional income concerns and personality: evidence from Germany

    Friehe, T., Mechtel, M. & Pannenberg, M., 16.08.2018, In: Applied Economics Letters. 25, 14, p. 1024-1028 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Corporate social responsibility and dividend policy

    Cheung, A., Hu, M. & Schwiebert, J., 01.09.2018, In: Accounting and Finance. 58, 3, p. 787-816 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Registered Replication Report on Mazar, Amir, and Ariely (2008)

    Verschuere, B., Meijer, E. H., Jim, A., Hoogesteyn, K., Orthey, R., McCarthy, R. J., Skowronski, J. J., Acar, O. A., Aczel, B., Bakos, B. E., Barbosa, F., Baskin, E., Bègue, L., Ben-Shakhar, G., Birt, A. R., Blatz, L., Charman, S. D., Claesen, A., Clay, S. L., Coary, S. P., Crusius, J., Evans, J. R., Feldman, N., Ferreira-Santos, F., Gamer, M., Gomes, S., González-Iraizoz, M., Holzmeister, F., Huber, J., Isoni, A., Jessup, R. K., Kirchler, M., klein Selle, N., Koppel, L., Kovacs, M., Laine, T., Lentz, F., Loschelder, D. D., Ludvig, E. A., Lynn, M. L., Martin, S. D., McLatchie, N. M., Mechtel, M., Nahari, G., Özdoğru, A. A., Pasion, R., Pennington, C. R., Roets, A., Rozmann, N., Scopelliti, I., Spiegelman, E., Suchotzki, K., Sutan, A., Szecsi, P., Tinghög, G., Tisserand, J-C., Tran, U. S., Van Hiel, A., Vanpaemel, W., Västfjäll, D., Verliefde, T., Vezirian, K., Voracek, M., Warmelink, L., Wick, K., Wiggins, B. J., Wylie, K. & Yıldız, E., 01.09.2018, In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 1, 3, p. 299-317 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Registered Replication Report on Srull and Wyer (1979)

    McCarthy, R. J., Skowronski, J. J., Verschuere, B., Meijer, E. H., Jim, A., Hoogesteyn, K., Orthey, R., Acar, O. A., Aczel, B., Bakos, B. E., Barbosa, F., Baskin, E., Bègue, L., Ben-Shakhar, G., Birt, A. R., Blatz, L., Charman, S. D., Claesen, A., Clay, S. L., Coary, S. P., Crusius, J., Evans, J. R., Feldman, N., Ferreira-Santos, F., Gamer, M., Gerlsma, C., Gomes, S., González-Iraizoz, M., Holzmeister, F., Huber, J., Huntjens, R. J. C., Isoni, A., Jessup, R. K., Kirchler, M., klein Selle, N., Koppel, L., Kovacs, M., Laine, T., Lentz, F., Loschelder, D. D., Ludvig, E. A., Lynn, M. L., Martin, S. D., McLatchie, N. M., Mechtel, M., Nahari, G., Özdoğru, A. A., Pasion, R., Pennington, C. R., Roets, A., Rozmann, N., Scopelliti, I., Spiegelman, E., Suchotzki, K., Sutan, A., Szecsi, P., Tinghög, G., Tisserand, J-C., Tran, U. S., Van Hiel, A., Vanpaemel, W., Västfjäll, D., Verliefde, T., Vezirian, K., Voracek, M., Warmelink, L., Wick, K., Wiggins, B. J., Wylie, K. & Yıldız, E., 01.09.2018, In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 1, 3, p. 321-336 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Temporary exports and characteristics of destination countries: first evidence from German transaction data

    Wagner, J., 01.12.2018, In: Economics. 12, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  41. 2019
  42. Published

    Firms’ wage structures, workers’ fairness perceptions, job satisfaction and turnover intentions: Evidence from linked employer-employee data

    Mohrenweiser, J. & Pfeifer, C., 2019, Bonn: IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, 31 p. (Discussion paper series; no. 12821).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  43. Published

    International Trade in Goods: Evidence from Transaction Data

    Wagner, J., 2019, 1 ed. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. 447 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Journal-Rankings - Einige Anmerkungen aus der Sicht der Volkswirtschaftslehre

    Wagner, J., 2019, In: Wirtschafts- und sozialstatistisches Archiv. 13, 2, p. 153 - 156 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Domestic Firms, Exporters and Importers: A Systemic Perspective

    Forrest, J. Y-L., Trebing, M. E., Chatterjee, A. & Wagner, J., 01.01.2019, In: Theoretical Economics Letters. 9, 4, p. 649-674 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    The walking debt crisis

    Wegener, C., Kruse, R. & Basse, T., 01.01.2019, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 157, p. 382-402 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Why do German physicians reject managed care?

    Ehlert, A. & Oberschachtsiek, D., 01.01.2019, In: International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 34, 1, p. 87-99 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Choosing Who You Are: The Structure and Behavioral Effects of Revealed Identification Preferences

    Hett, F., Kröll, M. & Mechtel, M., 25.01.2019, Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 61 p. (GSME Discussion Paper Series; vol. 1903).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  49. Published

    Time zones and German exports: first evidence from firm-product level data

    Wagner, J., 07.02.2019, In: Review of World Economics. 155, 1, p. 181-198 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Why women do not ask: Gender differences in fairness perceptions of own wages and subsequent wage growth

    Pfeifer, C. & Stephan, G., 29.03.2019, In: Cambridge Journal of Economics. 43, 2, p. 295-310 16 p., bey035.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  51. Published
  52. Published

    The Impact of Peer Presence on Cheating

    Bäker, A. & Mechtel, M., 01.04.2019, In: Economic Inquiry. 57, 2, p. 792-812 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Factors Driving German Physicians’ Managed Care Participation

    Ehlert, A., Oberschachtsiek, D. & Wein, T., 01.05.2019, In: German Economic Review. 20, 2, p. 171-193 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review