Institute of Economics
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior Professorship for Economics, in particular Microeconomics
- Professorship for Economics, Applied Microeconomics
- Professorship for Economics, in Particular Economic Policy
- Professorship for Economics, in particular Empirical Microeconomics
- Professorship of Economics, in particular empirical Macroeconomics
- Professorship of Economics, in particular Microeconometrics and Policy Evaluation
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.
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Converging institutions: shaping the relationships between nanotechnologies, economy and society
Ott, I. & Papilloud, C., 01.12.2007, In: Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society. 27, 6, p. 455-466 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Convergence or mediation? Experts of vulnerability and the vulnerability of experts' discourses on nanotechnologies: a case study
Ott, I. & Papilloud, C., 03.2008, In: Innovation - The European Journal of Social Science Research. 21, 1, p. 41-64 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Convergence or mediation? experts of vulnerability and the vulnerability of experts' discourses on nanotechnologies ; a case study
Papilloud, C. & Ott, I., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 58).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Contributions to Labormetrics: Guest Editorial
Bellmann, L., Franz, W., Gerlach, K., Hujer, R., Meyer, W. & Wagner, J., 12.2008, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 228, 5-6, p. 421 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Consumer reaction on tumbling funds: Evidence from retail fund outflows during the financial crisis 2007/2008
Schmidt, D. & Schmielewski, F., 2012, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, p. 1-28, 28 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 228).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Consumer information problems: market solutions and public policy
Wein, T., 2000, Lüneburg: Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 231).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Consumer information problems: causes and consequences
Wein, T., 2001, Party autonomy and the role of information in the internal market. Grundmann, S., Kerber, W. & Weatherill, S. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, p. 79-97 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Computing regression statistics from grouped data
Schwiebert, J., 2015, In: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement. 39, 4, p. 283-303 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Competition and moral behavior: A meta-analysis of forty-five crowd-sourced experimental designs
Huber, C., Dreber, A., Huber, J., Johannesson, M., Kirchler, M., Weitzel, U., Abellán, M., Adayeva, X., Ay, F. C., Barron, K., Berry, Z., Bönte, W., Brütt, K., Bulutay, M., Campos-Mercade, P., Cardella, E., Claassen, M. A., Cornelissen, G., Dawson, I. G. J., Delnoij, J., Demiral, E. E., Dimant, E., Doerflinger, J. T., Dold, M., Emery, C., Fiala, L., Fiedler, S., Freddi, E., Fries, T., Gasiorowska, A., Glogowsky, U., M Gorny, P., Gretton, J. D., Grohmann, A., Hafenbrädl, S., Handgraaf, M., Hanoch, Y., Hart, E., Hennig, M., Hudja, S., Hütter, M., Hyndman, K., Ioannidis, K., Isler, O., Jeworrek, S., Jolles, D., Juanchich, M., Kc, R. P., Khadjavi, M., Kugler, T., Li, S., Lucas, B., Mak, V., Mechtel, M., Merkle, C., Meyers, E. A., Mollerstrom, J., Nesterov, A., Neyse, L., Nieken, P., Nussberger, A. M., Palumbo, H., Peters, K., Pirrone, A., Qin, X., Rahal, R. M., Rau, H., Rincke, J., Ronzani, P., Roth, Y., Saral, A. S., Schmitz, J., Schneider, F., Schram, A., Schudy, S., Schweitzer, M. E., Schwieren, C., Scopelliti, I., Sirota, M., Sonnemans, J., Soraperra, I., Spantig, L., Steimanis, I., Steinmetz, J., Suetens, S., Theodoropoulou, A., Urbig, D., Vorlaufer, T., Waibel, J., Woods, D., Yakobi, O., Yilmaz, O., Zaleskiewicz, T., Zeisberger, S. & Holzmeister, F., 06.06.2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). 120, 23, 26 p., e2215572120.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Comparing marginal effects between different models and/or samples
Schwiebert, J., 02.12.2016, In: Economics Bulletin. 36, 4, p. 2324-2332 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review