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 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.
- 2022
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Microeconometric Studies on Firm Behavior and Performance
Wagner, J., 2022, Chisinau: Eliva Press. 95 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
- 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 paper › Working papers
- 2021
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 paper › Working papers
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research
- 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 paper › Working papers
- 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 paper › Working papers
- 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 paper › Working papers
- 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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
- 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/works › Chapter › peer-review