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

    Exports and profitability: first evidence for German manufacturing firms

    Fryges, H. & Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 45 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 102).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    Exports and productivity in the German business services sector: first evidence from the turnover tax statistics panel

    Vogel, A., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 89).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. 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

  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 growth-first evidence from a continuous treatment approach

    Fryges, H. & 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. 57-86 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Exports and Productivity Growth: First Evidence from a Continuous Treatment Approach

    Fryges, H. & Wagner, J., 12.2008, In: Review of World Economics. 144, 4, p. 695-722 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Exports and productivity: A survey of the evidence from firm-level data

    Wagner, J., 01.01.2007, In: World Economy. 30, 1, p. 60-82 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Exports and Productivity: A Survey of the Evidence from Firm Level Data

    Wagner, J., 21.06.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 3-41 39 p. (World Scientific Studies in international Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. 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