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. Published

    German works councils and productivity: first evidence from a nonparametric test

    Wagner, J., 07.2008, In: Applied Economics Letters. 15, 9, p. 727-730 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    German works councils and productivity: first evidence from a nonparametric test

    Wagner, J., 2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 14).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    German works councils in the production process

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 27 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 21).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    German works councils in the production process

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 332 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 288).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    German works councils old and new: incidence, coverage and determinants

    Bellmann, L., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 05.2002, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 24 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 10).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    German Works Councils Old and New: Incidence, Coverage and Determinants

    Bellmann, L., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 123, 3, p. 339-358 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    German Works Councils, Profits and Innovation

    Addison, J. T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.11.1996, In: Kyklos. 49, 4, p. 555-582 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Germany's trade in goods: A survey of the evidence from transaction data

    Wagner, J., 01.04.2018, In: Wirtschafts- und sozialstatistisches Archiv. 12, 1, p. 69 - 82 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Germany's trade in goods: A survey of the evidence from transaction 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. 317-337 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft in Deutschland: Strukturen, Determinanten und Tendenzen: Schwerpunktheft der Industriellen Beziehungen 2/2007

    Schnabel, C. (Editor) & Wagner, J. (Editor), 2007, 1. ed. Mering: Hampp Verlag. 108 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

Recently viewed

Publications

  1. Comment on "nomenclature, Chemical Abstracts Service Numbers, Isomer Enumeration, Ring Strain, and Stereochemistry
  2. An den Grenzen der Verständigung: Politische Erwachsenenbildung und die Herausforderungen der "Flüchtlingskrise"
  3. Die Politisierung von ‚Gesellschaft‘ – Ernesto Laclaus und Chantal Mouffes postmarxistische Theorie des Sozialen
  4. Stellvertretung als allgemeines Rechtsinstitut - zu Theorie, Dogmatik und Reichweite des Repräsentationsprinzips
  5. Advantages and Disadvanteges of Different Text Coding Procedures for Research and Practice in a School Context
  6. Daniela Giannetti and Kenneth Benoit (eds.) (2009). Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments (Abingdon: Routledge)
  7. The necessity of disinfected toilet brushes - information policy of companies on disinfectants in private homes
  8. Highly Efficient IPT Transmitter Circuit Based on a Novel Enhanced Class B Amplifier for Consumer Applications
  9. Biodegradation tests of mercaptocarboxylic acids, their esters, related divalent sulfur compounds and mercaptans
  10. Participation in River Basin Planning Under the Water Framework Directive – Has it Benefitted Good Water Status?
  11. Der einsatz von lernstrategien in einer konkreten lernsituation bei schülern unterschiedlicher jahrgangsstufen
  12. Zur Bedeutung der Selbstwirksamkeit für eine individuelle Förderung im Unterricht mit heterogenen Lerngruppen
  13. School leaders’ innovation-related self-efficacy: professional development and learning networks make a difference
  14. La competencia intercultural y la competencia pragmática en la enseñanza de español como lengua extranjera (ELE)
  15. A multivariate, multilevel analysis of the relationship between cognitive abilities and scholastic achievement
  16. Social organization influences the exchange and species richness of medicinal plants in amazonian homegardens
  17. Training im Sportunterricht – sport- und trainingspädagogische Zugänge sowie methodisch-didaktische Überlegungen
  18. Why is there not more demand for redistribution? Cross-national evidence for the role of social justice beliefs
  19. A sufficient asymptotic stability condition in generalised model predictive control to avoid input saturation
  20. Inversion of Fuzzy Neural Networks for the Reduction of Noise in the Control Loop for Automotive Applications
  21. Resonating self-tracking practices? Empirical insights into theoretical reflections on a 'sociology of resonance'
  22. On the Problems of Honorary Work in German Sports Clubs – A Qualitative-Dominated Crossover Mixed Methods Study
  23. Socio-demographic factors, entrepreneurial orientation, personal initiative, and environmental problems in Uganda
  24. Nanomechanical Analysis and Fractography of Extruded Mg-Dy-Nd Based Alloy Influenced by Solution Heat Treatment