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. 2007
  2. Published

    Exports and productivity: comparable evidence for 14 countries

    Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 81 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 65).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Exports and productivity growth: first evidence from a continuous treatment approach

    Fryges, H. & Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 21 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 49).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Forschungsbericht 2006

    Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 30 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 38).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Freistellung für Betriebsräte - eine Beschäftigungsbremse?

    Koller, L., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 34 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 64).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Freistellung von Betriebsräten - eine Beschäftigungsbremse?

    Koller, L., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2007, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 36 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 53).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft in Deutschland: Strukturen, Determinanten und Tendenzen: Schwerpunktheft der Industriellen Beziehungen 2/2007

    Schnabel, C. (Editor) & Wagner, J. (Editor), 2007, 1. ed. Mering: Hampp Verlag. 108 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Governmental activity, integration, and agglomeration

    Ott, I. & Soretz, S., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 30 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 57).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Islamistic terror, the war on Iraq and the job prospects of Arab men in Britain: Does a country's direct involvement matter?

    Braakmann, N., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 40 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 70).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers