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

    Do works councils inhibit investment?

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 30 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 333).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    Kosteneffizienter und effektiver Biodiversitätsschutz durch Ausschreibungen und eine ergebnisorientierte Honorierung: das Modellprojekt "Blühendes Steinburg"

    Groth, M., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 35 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 105).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Establishment age and wages: evidence from German linked employer-employee data

    Kölling, A., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2002, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 25 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 264).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus: first evidence from linked employer-employee data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 311).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Auslandsumsatz der Industriebetriebe Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns: (1995 - 2000)

    Wagner, J., 2002, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 57 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 267).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Establishment age and wages: evidence from German linked employer-employee data

    Kölling, A., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 06.2002, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 26 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 13).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Labor market adjustments after a large import shock: evidence from the German clothing industry and the Multi-Fibre Arrangement

    Braakmann, N. & Wagner, J., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 155).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    The course of research into the economic consequences of German works councils

    Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 207 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 22).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    The transferability and performance of payment-by-results biodiversity conservation procurement auctions: empirical evidence from northernmost Germany

    Groth, M., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 29 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 119).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Wirkungen der Deregulierung im deutschen Versicherungsmarkt - eine Zwischenbilanz ; Materialien zum Buch

    Wein, T., 2001, 1. ed., Lüneburg: Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 92 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 238).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers