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

    Die mitbestimmungsfreie Zone aus ökonomischer Sicht

    Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2000, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 36 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. A222).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    The reform of the German works constitution act: a critical assessment

    Bellmann, L., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2002, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 34 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 16).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Exporte und Firmenerfolg: Welche Firmen profitieren wie vom internationalen Handel? Beitrag zur Tagung "Außenwirtschaft in Zeiten der Globalisierung - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der statistischen Messung", Wiesbaden, 22./23. April 2008

    Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 213 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 81).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Exporter performance in the German business services sector: first evidence from the services statistics panel

    Vogel, A., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 28 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 111).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Freistellung von Betriebsräten - eine Beschäftigungsbremse?

    Koller, L., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2007, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 36 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 53).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Convergence or mediation? experts of vulnerability and the vulnerability of experts' discourses on nanotechnologies ; a case study

    Papilloud, C. & Ott, I., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 58).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Ökonomische Folgen des reformierten Betriebsverfassungsgesetzes für mittelständische Firmen: erste Ergebnisse einer Firmenbefragung

    Wagner, J. & Bunk, C., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 19 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 302).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    E-stability and stability of adaptive learning in models with asymmetric information

    Heinemann, M., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 24 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 69).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Consumer information problems: market solutions and public policy

    Wein, T., 2000, Lüneburg: Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 231).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Zur Mikrostruktur des Exportbooms: Beitrag zum Workshop FiDASt 2001, Regionale Wirtschaftsanalysen mit Betriebspaneldaten - Ansätze und Ergebnisse, LZB-BNS, Hannover, 22./23. Februar 2001

    Wagner, J., 2001, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. A239).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers