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 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.
- 2011
- Published
Physical Attractiveness, Employment, and Wages
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 15 p. (University of Lüneburg working paper series in Economics; no. 201).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Productivity and international firm activities: What do we know?
Wagner, J., 2011, In: Nordic Economic Policy Review. 2, p. 137-161 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Productivity and International Firm Activities: What do we know?
Wagner, J., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 20 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 194).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
- Published
Robust estimates of exporter productivity premia in German business services enterprises
Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 2011, In: Economic and Business Review. 13, 1-2, p. 7-26 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Subadditivity and Contestability in the Postal Sector: Theory and Evidence
El Masri, T., 2011, 39 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 195).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
- Published
The effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Book of abstracs: EALE, cyprus 22-24 September 2011. European Association of Labour Economists, p. 34 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
- Published
The heterogeneous economic consequences of work council relations
Pfeifer, C., 2011, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 131, 1, p. 59-71 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
The Heterogeneous Economic Consequences of Works Council Relations
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 19 p. (Working paper series in Econonomics ; no. 203).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
- Published
Robust estimates of exporter productivity premia in German business services enterprises
Wagner, J. & Vogel, A., 01.2011, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 207).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
- Published
Risk Aversion and Sorting into Public Sector Employment
Pfeifer, C., 01.02.2011, In: German Economic Review. 12, 1, p. 85-99 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review