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

    International trade and firm performance: a survey of empirical studies since 2006

    Wagner, J., 06.2012, In: Review of World Economics. 148, 2, p. 235-267 33 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    International Trade in Goods: Evidence from Transaction Data

    Wagner, J., 2019, 1 ed. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. 447 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Intersection tests for the cointegrating rank in dependent panel data

    Arsova, A. & Karaman Örsal, D. D., 02.04.2020, In: Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 49, 4, p. 918-941 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Intra-firm Wage Compression and Cost Coverage of Training: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Pfeifer, C., 03.2016, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 69, 2, p. 435-454 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance: fist evidence from German linked employer-employee-data

    Braakmann, N., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 24 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 77).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Intra-good trade in Germany: A first look at the evidence

    Wagner, J., 08.2016, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 365).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Intra-good trade in Germany: a first look at the evidence

    Wagner, J., 08.12.2017, In: Applied Economics. 49, 57, p. 5753-5761 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Intra-good trade in Germany: A first look at the evidence

    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. 339-357 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Intra-industry adjustment to import competition: theory and application to the German clothing industry

    Raff, H. & Wagner, J., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 14 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 144).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Intra-industry Adjustment to Import Competition: Theory and Application to the German Clothing Industry

    Raff, H. & Wagner, J., 08.2010, In: World Economy. 33, 8, p. 1006-1022 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  5. All the prime minister’s glory? Leader effects and accountability of prime ministers in parliamentary elections
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  10. Kommentar zur .,Stellungnahme zur Lage des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in der Psychologie" von Rentzsch et al.
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  13. Untersuchung der Knickstabilität eines Doppelgelenks für einen zweibeinigen Schreitroboter unter Unsicherheit
  14. Resonating self-tracking practices? Empirical insights into theoretical reflections on a 'sociology of resonance'
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  16. August Sauer, die Gründung des "Euphorion" und die Modernisierung der Germanistik im Ausgang des 19. Jahrhunderts
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