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. 2021
  2. Published

    The exporter productivity premium along the productivity distribution: Evidence from quantile regression with nonadditive firm fixed effects

    Powell, D. & Wagner, J., 25.02.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 121-149 29 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. Published

    The impact of R&D activities on exports of german business services enterprises: First evidence from a continuous treatment approach

    Fryges, H., Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 25.02.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 265-285 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. Published

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

    Wagner, J., 25.02.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 391-412 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. Published

    Cartel behaviour and efficient sanctioning by criminal sentences

    Wein, T., 03.2021, In: European Competition Journal. 17, 2, p. 309-352 44 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The transition from School to Post-Secondary Education – What factors affect educational decisions?

    Seidel, K., 03.2021, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 29 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; vol. 398).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Boden, der vergessene Produktionsfaktor

    Löhr, D., Olah, N. & Huth, T., 01.03.2021, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 101, 3, p. 221-226 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Long-run economic determinants of asylum applications

    Karaman Örsal, D. D., 10.03.2021, In: Economics Bulletin. 41, 1, p. 48-59 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    A Note on the firm size-export relationship

    Wagner, J., 16.03.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 25-38 14 p. (Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Does it pay to be active on many foreign markets? profitability in german multi-market exporters and importers from manufacturing industries

    Wagner, J., 16.03.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 413-427 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  11. Published

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

    Wagner, J., 16.03.2021, Microeconometric Studies of Firms' Imports and Exports: Advanced Methods of Analysis and Evidence from German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 375-390 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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