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. 2005
  2. Published

    Zur Relevanz von Informationsasymmetrien bei "Lüneburger Bauherren"

    Wein, T. & Röber, W. B., 2005, Ergebnisse der MittelstandsForschung. Schulte, R., Merz, J. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 309-326 18 p. ( Entrepreneurship, professions, small business economics; vol. 2).

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

  3. Published

    Determinants of trade union membership in West Germany: evidence from micro data, 1980 - 2000

    Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.01.2005, In: Socio-Economic Review. 3, 1, p. 1-24 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Endogenous redistributive cycles: an overlapping generations approach to social conflict and cyclical growth

    Clemens, C. & Heinemann, M., 03.2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 5).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Strongly rational expectations equilibria with endogenous acquisition of information

    Desgranges, G. & Heinemann, M., 03.2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 9).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Excludable and non-excludable public inputs: Consequences for economic growth

    Ott, I. & Turnovsky, S. J., 01.03.2005, München: Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), 34 p. (CES IFO WORKING PAPER; no. 1423).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Exports and productivity: a survey of the evidence from firm level data

    Wagner, J., 01.03.2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 4).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Is the market classification of risk always efficient? evidence from German third party motor insurance

    Schwarze, R. & Wein, T., 01.03.2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 29 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 3).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Network access charges, vertical integration, and property rights structure-experiences from the German electricity markets

    Wein, T. & Growitsch, C., 01.03.2005, In: Energy Economics. 27, 2, p. 257-278 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    On the Effects of Redistribution on Growth and Entrepreneurial Risk–Taking

    Clemens, C. & Heinemann, M., 17.03.2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 20 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 6).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Der Noth gehorchend, nicht dem eignen Trieb: Nascent necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs in Germany evidence from the regional entrepreneurship monitor (REM)

    Wagner, J., 05.2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 24 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 10).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers