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. 2022
  2. Published

    The role of human resource practices for including persons with disabilities in the workforce: a systematic literature review

    Schloemer-Jarvis, A., Bader, B. & Böhm, S. A., 17.01.2022, In: The International Journal of Human Resource Management . 33, 1, p. 45-98 54 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Deal or No Deal? Modelling the Impact of Brexit Uncertainty on UK Private Equity Activity

    Kellard, N. M., Kontonikas, A., Lamla, M. J. & Maiani, S., 01.01.2022, In: British Journal of Management. 33, 1, p. 46-68 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The rebound effect on Latin American economies: evidence from the Colombian residential sector

    Vélez-Henao, J. A. & Uribe, G. J. G., 01.01.2022, In: Energy Efficiency. 15, 1, 14 p., 9.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    A Profit-Based View of Economic Granularity in the Perspective of Market Competition

    Forrest, J.Y.-L., Wagner, J., Anderson, M., Lipinski, J., Liu, Y. & Tian , X., 2022, In: Pennsylvania Economic Review. 29, 1, p. 92 - 115 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Microeconometric Studies on Firm Behavior and Performance

    Wagner, J., 2022, Chisinau: Eliva Press. 95 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Online Channels Sales Premia in Times of COVID-19: First Evidence from Germany

    Wagner, J., 2022, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 13 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 415).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. 2021
  9. Published

    Why Abandon the Paradise? Stations’ Incentives to Reduce Gasoline Prices at First

    Wein, T., 01.12.2021, In: Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade. 21, 4, p. 465-504 40 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Distributional effects of carbon pricing by transport fuel taxation

    Jacobs, L., Quack, L. & Mechtel, M., 25.11.2021, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 58 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 405).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Markups and Concentration in the Context of Digitization: Evidence from German Manufacturing Industries

    Weche, J. P. & Wagner, J., 25.11.2021, In: Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 241, 5-6, p. 667-699 33 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Business Concentration Data for Germany

    Heidorn, H. & Weche, J. P., 01.11.2021, In: Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 241, 5-6, p. 801-811 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Market Power and Concentration Developments: Evidence and Implications for Germany and Europe

    Wagner, J., Wambach, A. & Weche, J. P., 01.11.2021, In: Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 241, 5-6, p. 551-553 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  14. Published

    The Fall and Rise of Market Power in Europe

    Weche, J. P. & Wambach, A., 01.11.2021, In: Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 241, 5-6, p. 555-575 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    The Top 100 Companies Panel Database: Five Decades of Aggregate Concentration Surveys in Germany

    Buchwald, A., Hotten, R., Rothbauer, J. & Weche, J. P., 01.11.2021, In: Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 241, 5-6, p. 787-800 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour

    Görges, L., 10.2021, In: Labour Economics. 72, 17 p., 102044.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    With a little help from my website. Firm survial and web presence in times of COVID-19 - Evidence from 10 European Countries

    Wagner, J., 17.09.2021, In: Economics Bulletin. 41, 3, p. 1898-1906 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    How to make universal, voluntary testing for COVID-19 work? A behavioural economics perspective

    Fallucchi, F., Görges, L., Machado, J., Pieters, A. & Suhrcke, M., 01.08.2021, In: Health Policy. 125, 8, p. 972-980 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Relational Competence, Social Status, and Humor: Evidence from Two Experiments

    Bäker, A., Hofmann, J. & Mechtel, M., 01.08.2021, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2021, 1, 1 p., 13347.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearch

  20. Published

    The Good have a Website: Evidence on website premia for firms from 18 European countries

    Wagner, J., 17.04.2021, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 12 p. (University of Lueneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 401).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  21. Published

    With a little help from my website: Firm survival and web presence in times of COVID-19 - Evidence from 10 European countries

    Wagner, J., 13.04.2021, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (University of Lueneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 399).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  22. Published

    Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour

    Görges, L., 04.2021, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 51 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; vol. 400).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  23. Published

    A Note on the firm size-export relationship

    Wagner, J., 16.03.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 25-38 14 p. (Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  24. Published

    Does it pay to be active on many foreign markets? profitability in german multi-market exporters and importers from manufacturing industries

    Wagner, J., 16.03.2021, Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 413-427 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  25. Published

    Multiple import sourcing: First evidence for German enterprises from manufacturing industries

    Wagner, J., 16.03.2021, Microeconometric Studies of Firms' Imports and Exports: Advanced Methods of Analysis and Evidence from German Enterprises. Wagner, J. (ed.). New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 375-390 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  26. Published

    Long-run economic determinants of asylum applications

    Karaman Örsal, D. D., 10.03.2021, In: Economics Bulletin. 41, 1, p. 48-59 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Boden, der vergessene Produktionsfaktor

    Löhr, D., Olah, N. & Huth, T., 01.03.2021, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 101, 3, p. 221-226 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Cartel behaviour and efficient sanctioning by criminal sentences

    Wein, T., 03.2021, In: European Competition Journal. 17, 2, p. 309-352 44 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Do outliers and unobserved heterogeneity explain the exporter productivity premium? Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom

    Wagner, J. & Temouri, Y., 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. 223-236 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  30. Published

    Effects of Chinese anti-dumping duties on Germany's exports: First 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. 429-444 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  31. 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

  32. Published

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

    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. 39-45 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  33. 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

  34. Published

    Export scope and characteristics of destination countries: Evidence from German 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. 445-451 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  35. Published

    Exports, foreign direct investments and productivity: Are services firms different?

    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. 295-314 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  36. Published

    Exports, R&D and productivity: A test of the bustos-model with enterprise data from France, Italy and Spain

    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. 217-222 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  37. Published

    Exports, R&D and productivity in German business services firms: A test of the bustos-model

    Vogel, A. & 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. 287-293 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  38. Published

    Firm age and the margins of international trade: Comparable evidence from five European countries

    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. 199-215 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  39. 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

  40. Published

    Intra-good trade in Germany: A first look at the evidence

    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. 339-357 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  41. Published

    Microeconometric Studies of Firms' Imports and Exports: Advanced methods of Analysis and Evidence from German Enterprises

    Wagner, J. (Editor), 25.02.2021, 1 ed. New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. 451 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  42. Published

    New methods for the analysis of links between international firm activities and firm performance: A practitioner's guide

    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. 7-24 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  43. Published

    Productivity premia for German manufacturing firms exporting to the euro-area and beyond: First evidence from robust fixed effects estimations

    Verardi, V. & 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. Pte Ltd, p. 87-109 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Robust estimates of exporter productivity premia in German business services enterprises

    Vogel, A. & 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. 239-263 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  45. Published

    Temporary exports and characteristics of destination countries: First evidence from German 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.). New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 359-374 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  46. Published

    The causal effects of exports on firm size and labor productivity: First evidence from a matching approach

    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. 47-55 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  47. Published

    The exporter productivity premium along the productivity distribution: Evidence from quantile regression with nonadditive firm fixed effects

    Powell, D. & 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. 121-149 29 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  48. Published

    The impact of R&D activities on exports of german business services enterprises: First evidence from a continuous treatment approach

    Fryges, H., Vogel, A. & 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. 265-285 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  49. Published

    Time zones and German exports: First evidence from firm-product level 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. 391-412 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  50. Published

    Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics 2020 CEBRA Annual Meeting Session Summary

    Knotek, E. S., Rich, R. W., Schoenle, R. S., Lamla, M., Mönch, E. & Weber, M., 24.02.2021, In: Economic Commentary. 03/2021, p. 1-3 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  51. Published

    Measuring social norms in economics: Why it is important and how it is done

    Nosenzo, D. & Görges, L., 13.02.2021, In: Analyse und Kritik. 42, 2, p. 285-312 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Ist eine Impfpflicht gegen das Coronavirus nötig?

    Wein, T., 01.02.2021, In: Wirtschaftsdienst - Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik. 101, 2, p. 114-120 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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