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

    Firmenalter und Firmenperformance: empirische Befunde zu Unterschieden zwischen jungen und alten Firmen in Deutschland

    Wagner, J., 2006, Betriebsdemographie. Bellmann, L. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Nürnberg: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung - IAB, p. 83-111 29 p.

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

  2. Published

    The contestable markets theory: efficient advice for economic policy

    Wein, T. & Growitsch, C., 2004, Trends in infrastructure regulation and financing: International Experience and Case Studies from Germany. Hirschhausen, C. V., Beckers, T. & Mitusch, K. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 21-41 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  3. Published

    Trade union membership in eastern and western Germany: convergence or divergence?

    Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2003, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 49, 3, p. 213-232 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Import, Export und Produktivität in niedersächsischen Unternehmen des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 2009, In: Statistische Monatshefte Niedersachsen. 63, 2, p. 59-70 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Arbeitsplatzdynamik in den Industriebetrieben in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1995 bis 1998

    Wagner, J., 2000, In: Statistische Monatshefte. 10, 1, p. 15-23 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Fördert Umverteilung die Existenzgründung?

    Clemens, C. & Heinemann, M., 2005, Ergebnisse der MittelstandsForschung. Schulte, R. (ed.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 53-72 20 p.

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

  7. Published

    Are rational expectations equilibria with private information eductively stable?

    Heinemann, M., 01.06.2004, In: Journal of Economics. 82, 2, p. 169-194 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Exports and Productivity in Germany

    Wagner, J., 2007, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 53, 4, p. 353-373 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Audretsch, David B., Roy Thurik, Ingrid Verheul and Sander Wennekers (eds.), Entrepreneurship: Determinants and Policy in a European — U.S. Comparison

    Wagner, J., 01.05.2003, In: Kyklos. 56, 2, p. 263-264 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  10. Published

    Die Transmission monetärer Schocks - Liquiditätseffekt, Kreditkanal und der "Small Borrower Effect"

    Heinemann, M., 2004, Perspektiven der Mittelstandsforschung: Ökonomische Analysen zu Selbständigkeit, Freien Berufen und KMU. Merz, J. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 389-405 17 p. (Entrepreneurship, professions, small business economics; vol. 1).

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