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

    Guest Editorial

    Görg, H. & Wagner, J., 01.12.2014, In: Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 234, 6, p. 660-661 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  2. Published

    Guest Editorial - ''Econometrics of Anonymized Micro Data''

    Pohlmeier, W., Ronning, G. & Wagner, J., 09.2005, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 225, 5, p. 515-516 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  3. Published

    Handicaps in job assignment: insiders, outsiders and gender

    Pfeifer, C., 03.2011, In: Journal of Labor Research. 32, 1, p. 1-20 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Handwerksreform 2004: Rückwirkungen auf das Ausbildungsverhalten Lüneburger Handwerksbetriebe?

    Wein, T. & Röber, W. B., 2004, In: RWI-Mitteilungen. 54/55, 3/4, p. 217-246 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Handwerksreform 2004: Rückwirkungen auf das Ausbildungsverhalten Lüneburger Handwerksbetriebe?

    Wein, T. & Röber, W. B., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 32 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 18).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Hat die Deregulierung des deutschen Versicherungsmarktes mehr Wettbewerb verursacht?

    Wein, T., 2002, Regulierung oder Deregulierung der Finanzmärkte: Mit 34 Tabellen. Britzelmaier, B. (ed.). 1. ed. Physica-Verlag, p. 83-101 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  7. Published

    “Have you felt angry lately?”: A note on unfair wage perceptions and the negative emotion of anger

    Pfeifer, C., 01.04.2017, In: Bulletin of Economic Research. 69, 2, p. 124-137 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Higher productivity in importing German manufacturing firms: self-selection, learning from importing, or both?

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 40 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 106).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing firms: Self-Selection, learning from importing, or both?

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 01.2010, In: Review of World Economics. 145, 4, p. 641-665 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing Firms: Self-selection, Learning from Importing or Both?

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 139-174 36 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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