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 firm characteristics: first evidence from fractional probit panel estimates

    Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 97).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    Exports and firm characteristics: first evidence from fractional probit panel estimates

    Wagner, J., 2010, In: The Empirical Economics Letters. 9, 10, p. 935-940 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Export Intensity and Plant Characteristics: What can we learn from Quantile Regression?

    Wagner, J., 04.2006, In: Review of World Economics. 142, 1, p. 195-203 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Export intensity and plant characteristics: what can we learn from quantile regression?

    Wagner, J., 2004, Hamburg: Hamburgisches Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv - HWWA , 8 p. (HWWA discussion paper; no. 304).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Export intensity and plant characteristics: what can we learn from quantile regression?

    Wagner, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 11 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 323).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Export intensity and plant characteristics: What can we learn from quantile regression?

    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. 111-120 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus: first evidence from linked employer-employee data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2004, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 27 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 27).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus: first evidence from linked employer-employee data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 311).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Export, Import und Produktivität wissensintensiver KMUs in Deutschland

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 2010, Wertschöpfungsmanagement im Mittelstand: Tagungsband des Forums der deutschen Mittelstandsforschung. Kathan, D., Letmathe, P., Mark, K., Schulte, R., Tchouvakhina, M. & Wallau, F. (eds.). Gabler Verlag, p. 391-411 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  10. Published

    Export, Import und Produktivität wissensintensiver KMUs in Deutschland

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 28 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 104).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers