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

    Union Density and Determinations of Union Membership in 18 EU Countries: Evidence from Micro Data 2002/03

    Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.01.2007, In: Industrial Relations Journal. 38, 1, p. 5-32 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The Aging of the Unions in West Germany, 1980-2006

    Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 12.2008, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 228, 5/6, p. 497-511 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Testing Lazear's jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship with German micro data

    Wagner, J., 15.09.2003, In: Applied Economics Letters. 10, 11, p. 687-689 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Bauherren und Bauhandwerksdienstleistungen - eine empirisch-informationsökonomische Analyse

    Röber, W. B. & Wein, T., 2004, Deregulierung in Deutschland: theoretische und empirische Analysen. Ragnitz, J. (ed.). Halle: Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle, p. 167-186 20 p. (Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle ; vol. Sonderheft, no. 2004.2).

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

  5. Published

    Exports, foreign direct investment, and productivity: evidence from German firm level data

    Wagner, J., 15.05.2006, In: Applied Economics Letters. 13, 6, p. 347-349 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Taking a second chance: entrepreneurial re-starters in Germany

    Wagner, J., 2003, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 49, 3, p. 255-272 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Works Councils, Labor Productivity and Plant Heterogeneity: First Evidence from Quantile Regressions

    Wagner, J., Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Addison, J. T., 09.2006, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 226, 5, p. 505-518 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    International Firm Activities and Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge Production Functions for German Firms

    Wagner, J., 2008, In: The ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management. 6, 2, p. 47-62 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Die Reform des Betriebsverfassungsgesetzes: neue Belastungsfaktoren statt neuer Impulse

    Wagner, J., 2001, In: Politische Studien. 52, 380, p. 70-78 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Exportaktivitäten und Rendite in niedersächsischen Industrieunternehmen

    Wagner, J., 2008, In: Statistische Monatshefte Niedersachsen. 62, 10, p. 552-561 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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Activities

  1. Analysis of Climate Adaptation Strategy Development: Strategy-Making in the German Länder - The Cases of Lower Saxony and Bavaria
  2. Aus der Vergangenheit lernen - Europa vollenden. Laudatio anlässlich der Verleihung des Dr. h.c. an SE Staatspräsident Egils Levits
  3. Kulturschlösser oder Freigeister?: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Teilhabe von Bürgern an Kulturentwicklungsprozessen in Hamburg
  4. Hochschulöffentlicher Vortrag : "Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany - Einblicke in ein aktuelles Forschungsprojekt."
  5. The paths and parts one picture paints: Tracing a visual’s multimodal and relational boundary work in an interorganizational team
  6. Emotional labor in daily leader-follower interactions: How employees can secure state leader-member exchange and relational energy
  7. "Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg": Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung
  8. "Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg": Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung
  9. Internationale Tagung „Wissen in der Transnationalisierung – Zur Ubiquität und Krise der Übersetzung“ des DFG-Netzwerks „Trans/Wissen“
  10. 7. Sektionstagung der Sektion Allgemeine Erziehungswissenschaft der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft - DGfE 2013
  11. Postervortrag: EU-Projekt ‘Ambassadors for Women and Science – Pallas Athene’: Evaluation des Projektverbundes, mit Annelie Wellensiek
  12. Evaluation of a project submitted for financial support to FCT – 2022 CALL FOR R&D PROJECT GRANTS, Portugal: Frederic Dufaux (Chair)

Publications

  1. Comparing the fatigue performance of Ti-4Al-0.005B titanium alloy T-joints, welded via different friction stir welding sequences
  2. On the Differential and Shared Effects of Leadership for Learning on Teachers’ Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction
  3. Technische, betriebswirtschaftliche und rechtlichte Analyse des Einsatzes regionaler virtueller Kraftwerke in der Region Nord
  4. Predictive mapping of species richness and plant species' distributions of a peruvian fog oasis along an altitudinal gradient
  5. Application of neural network for correction of hole drilling plasticity effect when measuring LSP induced residual stresses
  6. Arendt i Kant: ravnopravni drugi i “prosireni nacin misljenja“ (Arendt and Kant: the Equal Others and an “Extended Way of Thinking”)
  7. Ergebnisse vergleichender Untersuchungen in Natur- und Wirtschaftswäldern und Folgerungen für eine naturnahe Buchenwirtschaft
  8. Intra- and interspecific tree diversity promotes multitrophic plant–Hemiptera–ant interactions in a forest diversity experiment
  9. The Human Aspect of Cross-Border Acquisition Outcomes: The Role of Management Practices, Employee Emotions, and National Culture
  10. Rezension von: Standhartinger, Angela: Handbuch zum Neuen Testament. 11,1, Der Philipperbrief, Mohr Siebeck 2021, ISBN 9783161601026.
  11. Editorial: Governance for Sustainable Development in the Face of Ambivalence, Uncertainty and Distributed Power: an Introduction
  12. Internetbasierte Ansätze in der Prävention und Behandlung von depressiven Beschwerden bei Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen
  13. Chronological and sedimentological investigations of the Late Pleistocene succession in Osterbylund (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
  14. Attrition and adherence in a WEB-based distress management program for implantable CARdioverter defibrillator patients (WEBCARE)
  15. Geometrical Characterization of Polyethylene Oxide Nanofibers by Atom Force Microscope and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
  16. Der Transfer von Modellversuchsergebnissen zur Berufsbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in den Lernort berufsbildende Schule.
  17. Foreign and Domestic Takeovers in Germany: First Comparative Evidence on the Post-acquisition Target Performance using new Data
  18. Possible underestimations of risks for the environment due to unregulated emissions of biocides from households to wastewater
  19. Entrepreneurial Traits, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Innovation in the Performance of Owner-Manager Led Firms: A Meta-analysis