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 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Published

    Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour

    Görges, L., 04.2021, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 51 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; vol. 400).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    With a little help from my website: Firm survival and web presence in times of COVID-19 - Evidence from 10 European countries

    Wagner, J., 13.04.2021, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (University of Lueneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 399).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers