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

    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

  2. Published

    Determinants of union membership in 18 EU countries: evidence from micro data, 2002/03

    Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 332).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    The German turnover tax statistics panel

    Vogel, A. & Dittrich, S., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 11 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 92).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Special issue: Exports, imports, and productivity at the firm level: an international perspective

    Wagner, J. (Editor), 2008, Berlin: Springer. 210 p. (Review of world economics; vol. 144, no. 4)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  5. Published

    Neue Möglichkeiten zur Nutzung vertraulicher amtlicher Personen- und Firmendaten

    Kaiser, U. & Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 40 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 48).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Higher wages in exporting firms: self-selection, export effect, or both? first evidence from German linked emlpoyer-emlpoyee data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 19 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 74).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    A review of the German mandatory deposit for one-way drinks packaging and drinks packaging taxes in Europe

    Groth, M., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 20 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 87).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    The monetary value of cultural goods: a contingent valuation study of the municipal supply of cultural goods in Lueneburg, Germany

    Last, A.-K., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 20 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 63).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Subsidies and exports in Germany: first evidence from enterprise panel data

    Girma, S., Görg, H. & Wagner, J., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 117).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Exports and productivity in Germany

    Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 50 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 41).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers