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

    Governmental activity and private capital adjustment

    Ott, I. & Soretz, S., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 26).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    Governmental activity, integration, and agglomeration

    Ott, I. & Soretz, S., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 30 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 57).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Government popularity and the economy: first evidence from German microdata

    Enkelmann, S., 05.2014, In: Empirical Economics. 46, 3, p. 999-1017 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Greater fit and a greater gap: How environmental support for entrepreneurship increases the life satisfaction gap between entrepreneurs and employees

    Brieger, S. A., De Clercq, D., Hessels, J. & Pfeifer, C., 28.05.2020, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 26, 4, p. 561-594 34 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Growth and welfare effects of tax cuts: The case of a productive public input with technological risk

    Ott, I. & Soretz, S., 06.2004, In: Empirica. 31, 2-3, p. 117-135 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Growth strategies: Fiscal versus institutional policies

    Ott, I. & Soretz, S., 01.07.2008, In: Economic Modelling. 25, 4, p. 605-622 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Grundlagen der Umweltpolitik

    Gschwendtner, H., 01.01.2000, Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, p. 71-110 40 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  8. Published

    Gründungs- und Wettbewerbspotenziale im deutschen Eisenbahnsektor - vertikale Verbundvorteile ein Hindernis für Trennung von Netz und Transport?

    Wetzel, H., 2006, Existenzgründung - Beiträge zur Gründungsforschung. Schöning, S., Richter, J., Wetzel, H. & Nissen, D. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 121-135 15 p.

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

  9. Published
  10. Published

    Guesnerie, R.: Assessing Rational Expectations 2. ‘Eductive’ Stability in Economics. 2nd Edition

    Heinemann, M., 01.04.2006, In: Journal of Economics. 87, 3, p. 303-306 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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  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)
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  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