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. 2008
  2. 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

  3. Published

    Auctionning biodiversity conservation contracts: current need for research

    Groth, M., 2008, Mainstreaming biodiversity issues into forestry and agriculture: Abstracts of Poster Presentations at the 13th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity 18-22 February 2008, Rome, Italy. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, p. 42-44 3 p. (CBD Technical Series; vol. 34).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Crime does pay (at least when it's violent)! on the compensating wage differentials of high regional crime levels

    Braakmann, N., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 91).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Die Forschungspotenziale der Betriebspaneldaten des Monatsberichts im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe

    Wagner, J., 2008, In: Wirtschafts- und sozialstatistisches Archiv. 2, 3, p. 209-221 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Die Quantitätstheorie des Geldes: eine keynesianische Reformulierung

    Huth, T., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 79).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Die Wirkung von Kreditmarktunvollkommenheiten auf das Unternehmertum und die Vermögensverteilung

    Clemens, C. & Heinemann, M., 2008, Neue Ansätze der Mittelstandsforschung. Merz , J. & Schulte, R. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 225-254 30 p. (Entrepreneurship, professions, small business economics ; vol. 4).

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

  8. Published

    European railway deregulation: the influence of regulatory and environmental conditions on efficiency

    Wetzel, H., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 28 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 86).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Exportaktivitäten und Rendite in niedersächsischen Industrieunternehmen

    Wagner, J., 2008, In: Statistische Monatshefte Niedersachsen. 62, 10, p. 552-561 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Exportaktivitäten und Rendite in niedersächsischen Industrieunternehmen

    Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 95).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. 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