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

    The u-shape on aging revisited: An international comparison with aggregated data

    Humpert, S., 25.03.2011, Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen: Forschungsbeiträge. Schöning, S., Richter, J. & Pape, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Frankfurt, Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 227-244 17 p.

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

  2. Published

    The walking debt crisis

    Wegener, C., Kruse, R. & Basse, T., 01.01.2019, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 157, p. 382-402 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Threshold values in German labor law and job dynamics in small firms: the case of disability law

    Wagner, J., Schnabel, C. & Kölling, A., 2001, In: IFO-Studien. 47, 1, p. 65-75 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Threshold values in German labor law and job dynamics in small firms: the case of the disability law

    Wagner, J., Schnabel, C. & Kölling, A., 2001, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 14 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 233).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Time zones and German exports: first evidence from firm-product level data

    Wagner, J., 07.02.2019, In: Review of World Economics. 155, 1, p. 181-198 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Too much R & D: vertical differentiation in a model of monopolistic competition

    Kranich, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 59).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Trade cost shocks and lumpiness of imports: Evidence from the Fukushima disaster

    Wagner, J., 2016, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 13 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 360).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Trade costs shocks and lumpiness of imports: Evidence from the Fukushima disaster

    Wagner, J., 2017, In: Economics Bulletin. 37, 1, p. 149-155 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Trade Dynamics and Trade Costs: First Evidence from the Exporter and Importer Dynamics Database for Germany

    Wagner, J., 2015, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 30 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 348).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers