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

    Germany's trade in goods: A survey of the evidence from 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.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 317-337 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  2. Published

    German Works Councils, Profits and Innovation

    Addison, J. T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.11.1996, In: Kyklos. 49, 4, p. 555-582 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    German Works Councils Old and New: Incidence, Coverage and Determinants

    Bellmann, L., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 123, 3, p. 339-358 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    German works councils old and new: incidence, coverage and determinants

    Bellmann, L., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 05.2002, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 24 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 10).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    German works councils in the production process

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 27 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 21).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    German works councils in the production process

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 332 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 288).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    German works councils and productivity: first evidence from a nonparametric test

    Wagner, J., 07.2008, In: Applied Economics Letters. 15, 9, p. 727-730 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    German works councils and productivity: first evidence from a nonparametric test

    Wagner, J., 2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 14).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    German wage curves, 1979-1990

    Wagner, J., 1994, In: Economics Letters. 44, 3, p. 307-311 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    German multiple-product, multiple-destination exporters: Bernard-Redding-Schott under test

    Wagner, J., 2012, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 242).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers