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.
- 2004
- Published
The influence of vertical integration and property rights on network access charges in the German electricity market
Wein, T. & Growitsch, C., 01.11.2004, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 224, 6, p. 673-695 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Are rational expectations equilibria with private information eductively stable?
Heinemann, M., 01.06.2004, In: Journal of Economics. 82, 2, p. 169-194 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Start-up activities, individual characteristics, and the regional milieu: Lessons for entrepreneurship support policies from German micro data
Wagner, J. & Sternberg, R., 01.06.2004, In: The Annals of Regional Science. 38, 2, p. 219-240 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Growth and welfare effects of tax cuts: The case of a productive public input with technological risk
Ott, I. & Soretz, S., 06.2004, In: Empirica. 31, 2-3, p. 117-135 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The course of research into the economic consequences of German works councils
Addison, J. T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 06.2004, In: British Journal of Industrial Relations. 42, 2, p. 255-281 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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The reform of the German Works Constitution Act: A critical assessment
Addison, J. T., Bellmann, L., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 04.2004, In: Industrial Relations. 43, 2, p. 392-420 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Works Councils - Sand or Grease in the Operation of German Firms?
Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 20.02.2004, In: Applied Economics Letters. 11, 3, p. 159-161 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Theoretische Fundierungen monetärer Transmission
Haslinger, F. & Heinemann, M., 01.01.2004, Geld- und Wirtschaftspolitik in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung: Gedächtnisschrift für Karl-Heinz Ketterer.. Hofer, M. B., Kotz, H.-H. & Simmert, D. B. (eds.). Berlin: Duncker & Humblot GmbH, p. 23-44 22 p. (Volkswirtschaftliche Schriften; vol. 540).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Are young and small firms hothouses for nascent entrepreneurs? Evidence from German micro data
Wagner, J., 2004, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 50, 4, p. 379-391 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Are young and small firms hothouses for nascent entrepreneurs? Evidence from German micro data
Wagner, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 11 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 301).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Das Betriebsverfassungs-Reformgesetz vom Juli 2001: Eine Zwischenbilanz aus ökonomischer Sicht
Wagner, J., 2004, In: Volkswirtschaftliche Korrespondenz der Adolf-Weber-Stiftung. 43, 1Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Deregulierungspolitik in Deutschland - Erfahrungen und Perspektiven
Wein, T., 2004, Marktdynamik und Innovation: Gedächtnisschrift für Hans-Jürgen Ewers. Fritsch, M. (ed.). Berlin: Duncker & Humblot GmbH, p. 131-148 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der Noth gehorchend, nicht dem eignen Trieb: Nascent Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs in Germany ; Evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)
Wagner, J., 2004, In: RWI-Mitteilungen. 54/55, 3/4, p. 287-303 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Reregulierung der Versicherungsvermittler
Trigo Gamarra, L. & Wein, T., 2004, Perspektiven der Mittelstandsforschung: Ökonomische Analysen zu Selbständigkeit, Freien Berufen und KMU. Merz, J. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 497-515 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Transmission monetärer Schocks - Liquiditätseffekt, Kreditkanal und der "Small Borrower Effect"
Heinemann, M., 2004, Perspektiven der Mittelstandsforschung: Ökonomische Analysen zu Selbständigkeit, Freien Berufen und KMU. Merz, J. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 389-405 17 p. (Entrepreneurship, professions, small business economics; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Eine informationsökonomische Analyse des Handwerks: Ergebnisse und Schlussfolgerungen aus der Pilotbefragung Lüneburger Bauherren
Wein, T. & Röber, W. B., 2004, Perspektiven der Mittelstandsforschung: ökonomische Analysen zur Selbstständigkeit, freien Berufen und KMU . Merz, J. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 473-492 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Einkommensverteilung, Umverteilung und endogenes Wachstum
Heinemann, M., 2004, Ungleichheit und Umverteilung. Aaken, A. & Grözinger, G. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 233-268 36 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus: first evidence from linked employer-employee data
Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2004, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 27 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 27).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus: first evidence from linked employer-employee data
Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 311).Research output: Working paper › Working papers