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. 2021
  2. Published

    Productivity premia for German manufacturing firms exporting to the euro-area and beyond: First evidence from robust fixed effects estimations

    Verardi, V. & Wagner, J., 25.02.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, p. 87-109 23 p.

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

  3. Published

    Robust estimates of exporter productivity premia in German business services enterprises

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 25.02.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 239-263 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. Published

    Temporary exports and characteristics of destination countries: First evidence from German transaction data

    Wagner, J., 25.02.2021, Microeconometric Studies of Firms' Imports and Exports: Advanced Methods of Analysis and Evidence from German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 359-374 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. Published

    The causal effects of exports on firm size and labor productivity: First evidence from a matching approach

    Wagner, J., 25.02.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 47-55 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    The exporter productivity premium along the productivity distribution: Evidence from quantile regression with nonadditive firm fixed effects

    Powell, D. & Wagner, J., 25.02.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 121-149 29 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    The impact of R&D activities on exports of german business services enterprises: First evidence from a continuous treatment approach

    Fryges, H., Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 25.02.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 265-285 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    Time zones and German exports: First evidence from firm-product level data

    Wagner, J., 25.02.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 391-412 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics 2020 CEBRA Annual Meeting Session Summary

    Knotek, E. S., Rich, R. W., Schoenle, R. S., Lamla, M., Mönch, E. & Weber, M., 24.02.2021, In: Economic Commentary. 03/2021, p. 1-3 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Measuring social norms in economics: Why it is important and how it is done

    Nosenzo, D. & Görges, L., 13.02.2021, In: Analyse und Kritik. 42, 2, p. 285-312 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Ist eine Impfpflicht gegen das Coronavirus nötig?

    Wein, T., 01.02.2021, In: Wirtschaftsdienst - Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik. 101, 2, p. 114-120 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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