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. 2011
  2. Published

    Works councils, union bargaining and quits in German firms

    Pfeifer, C., 05.2011, In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 32, 2, p. 243-260 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Determinants of the export behaviour of German business services companies

    Eickelpasch, A. & Vogel, A., 03.2011, In: The Service Industries Journal. 31, 4, p. 513-526 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Handicaps in job assignment: insiders, outsiders and gender

    Pfeifer, C., 03.2011, In: Journal of Labor Research. 32, 1, p. 1-20 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Risk Aversion and Sorting into Public Sector Employment

    Pfeifer, C., 01.02.2011, In: German Economic Review. 12, 1, p. 85-99 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Robust estimates of exporter productivity premia in German business services enterprises

    Wagner, J. & Vogel, A., 01.2011, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 207).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Alternativen der Risikosteuerung von Banken in Zeiten der Finanzkrise

    Schmidt, D., 2011, Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen ; Forschungsbeiträge. Schöning, S., Richter, J. & Pape, A. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 105-124

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

  9. Published

    Anmerkungen zur Krise und zur Krisenbewältigung durch die Wirtschaftspolitik

    Heinemann, M., 2011, Mit der Krise leben?: Europäische Konflikte, innergesellschaftliche Verwerfungen, Perspektiven. Hannover: Offizin-Verlag, p. 45-62 15 p. (Kritische Interventionen; vol. 12).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market

    Pfeifer, C., Yang, P., Janssen, S. & Backes-Gellner, U., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (University of Lüneburg working paper series in Econonomics ; no. 202).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Eine Taylor-Regel für Schweden? Schätzung einer geldpolitischen Reaktionsfunktion am Beispiel der Schwedischen Riksbank

    Enkelmann, S., 2011, Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen: Forschungsbeiträge. Schöning, S., Richter, J. & Pape, A. (eds.). Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 71-84 14 p.

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