Institute of Economics
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior Professorship for Economics, in particular Microeconomics
- Professorship for Economics, Applied Microeconomics
- Professorship for Economics, in Particular Economic Policy
- Professorship for Economics, in particular Empirical Microeconomics
- Professorship of Economics, in particular empirical Macroeconomics
- Professorship of Economics, in particular Macroeconomics
- Professorship of Economics, in particular Microeconometrics and Policy Evaluation
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.
- 2004
Das Betriebsverfassungs-Reformgesetz vom Juli 2001: Eine Zwischenbilanz aus ökonomischer Sicht
Wagner, J., 2004, In: Volkswirtschaftliche Korrespondenz der Adolf-Weber-Stiftung. 43, 1Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
Deregulierungspolitik in Deutschland - Erfahrungen und Perspektiven
Wein, T., 2004, Marktdynamik und Innovation: Gedächtnisschrift für Hans-Jürgen Ewers. Fritsch, M. (ed.). Berlin: Duncker & Humblot GmbH, p. 131-148 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Der Noth gehorchend, nicht dem eignen Trieb: Nascent Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs in Germany ; Evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)
Wagner, J., 2004, In: RWI-Mitteilungen. 54/55, 3/4, p. 287-303 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Die Reregulierung der Versicherungsvermittler
Trigo Gamarra, L. & Wein, T., 2004, Perspektiven der Mittelstandsforschung: Ökonomische Analysen zu Selbständigkeit, Freien Berufen und KMU. Merz, J. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 497-515 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Die Transmission monetärer Schocks - Liquiditätseffekt, Kreditkanal und der "Small Borrower Effect"
Heinemann, M., 2004, Perspektiven der Mittelstandsforschung: Ökonomische Analysen zu Selbständigkeit, Freien Berufen und KMU. Merz, J. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 389-405 17 p. (Entrepreneurship, professions, small business economics; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Eine informationsökonomische Analyse des Handwerks: Ergebnisse und Schlussfolgerungen aus der Pilotbefragung Lüneburger Bauherren
Wein, T. & Röber, W. B., 2004, Perspektiven der Mittelstandsforschung: ökonomische Analysen zur Selbstständigkeit, freien Berufen und KMU . Merz, J. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 473-492 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Einkommensverteilung, Umverteilung und endogenes Wachstum
Heinemann, M., 2004, Ungleichheit und Umverteilung. Aaken, A. & Grözinger, G. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 233-268 36 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus: first evidence from linked employer-employee data
Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2004, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 27 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 27).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus: first evidence from linked employer-employee data
Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 311).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
Export intensity and plant characteristics: what can we learn from quantile regression?
Wagner, J., 2004, Hamburg: Hamburgisches Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv - HWWA , 8 p. (HWWA discussion paper; no. 304).Research output: Working paper › Working papers