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.
- 2007
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Do Exporters Really Pay Higher Wages? First Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 05.2007, In: Journal of International Economics. 72, 1, p. 52-74 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Schwellenwerte im Arbeitsrecht: höhere Transparenz und Effizienz durch Vereinheitlichung
Koller, L., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 02.2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 40).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Exports and productivity: A survey of the evidence from firm-level data
Wagner, J., 01.01.2007, In: World Economy. 30, 1, p. 60-82 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What a Difference a Y Makes: Female and Male Nascent Entrepreneurs in Germany
Wagner, J., 01.01.2007, In: Small Business Economics. 28, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Do works councils inhibit investment?
Schank, T., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 01.2007, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 60, 2, p. 187-203 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Architekturvermittlung - Chancen und Risiken einer neuen Disziplin
Ohse, S., 2007, In: Wolkenkuckucksheim. 11/2007, 1/2, 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Auctionning plant biodiversity: results of a german case study
Groth, M., 2007, Emerging issues for biodiversity conservation in a changing climate: abstracts of poster presentations at the 12th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2-6 July 2007 in Paris, France. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, p. 83-85 3 p. (CBD Technical Series; vol. 29).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Biotechnologie und Internationalisierung: Ergebnisse der Online-Befragung
Kranich, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 45).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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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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Credit constraints, idiosyncratic risks, and the wealth ditribution in a heterogeneous agent model
Clemens, C. & Heinemann, M., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 31 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 46).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Die Forschungspotenziale der Betriebspaneldaten des Monatsberichts im verarbeitenden Gewerbe: Betriebs- und Unternehmensdaten im Längsschnitt ; neue Datenangebote und ihre Forschungspotenziale
Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 51).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Differences in the earnings distribution of self- and dependent employed German men: evidence from a quantile regression decomposition analysis
Braakmann, N., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 23 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 55).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Entry, exit and productivity: empirical results for German manufacturing industries
Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 44).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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E-stability and stability of adaptive learning in models with asymmetric information
Heinemann, M., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 24 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 69).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Export entry, export exit, and productivity in German manufacturing industries
Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 15 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 54).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Exporte und Produktivität in Industriebetrieben: Niedersachsen im interregionalen und internationalen Vergleich
Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 24 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 68).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Exporte und Produktivität in mittelständischen Betrieben: Befunde aus der niedersächsischen Industrie (1995 - 2004)
Wagner, J., 2007, Fortschritte der Mittelstands-Forschung. Merz, J. (ed.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 145-165 21 p. (Entrepreneurship, professions, small business economics; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Exports and productivity: comparable evidence for 14 countries
Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 81 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 65).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Exports and productivity growth: first evidence from a continuous treatment approach
Fryges, H. & Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 21 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 49).Research output: Working paper › Working papers