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. 2017
  2. Trade Dynamics, Trade Costs and Market Size: First Evidence from the Exporter and Importer Dynamics Database for Germany

    Wagner, J., 2017, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 63, 2, p. 137 - 159 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. 2016
  4. Comparing marginal effects between different models and/or samples

    Schwiebert, J., 02.12.2016, In: Economics Bulletin. 36, 4, p. 2324-2332 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Das Auf und Ab der Tankstellenpreise: Die Rolle des Binnen- und Außenwettbewerbs

    Neukirch, A. & Wein, T., 01.12.2016, In: List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik. 42, 2, p. 195-245 51 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Gender wage discrimination: Does the extent of competition in labor markets explain why female workers are paid less than men?

    Hirsch, B., 01.11.2016, In: IZA World of Labor. November, 10 p., 310.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Social identity and social free-riding

    Bernard, M., Hett, F. & Mechtel, M., 01.11.2016, In: European Economic Review. 90, p. 4-17 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Quality of Firms' Exports and Distance to Destination Countries: First Evidence from Germany

    Wagner, J., 01.09.2016, In: Open Economies Review. 27, 4, p. 811-818 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. The Lumpiness of German Exports and Imports of Goods

    Wagner, J., 30.08.2016, In: Economics. 10, p. 1-38 38 p., 2016-21.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Evidence on copula-based double-hurdle models with flexible margins

    Schwiebert, J., 01.08.2016, In: Empirical Economics. 51, 1, p. 245-289 45 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. A panel cointegration rank test with structural breaks and cross-sectional dependence

    Arsova, A. & Karaman Örsal, D. D., 08.2016, Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2016: Demographischer Wandel : Session: Time Series Econometrics, No. D01-V3. ZBW - Leibniz Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, 27 p.

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

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

    Wagner, J., 08.2016, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 365).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  13. Nonunion representation in Germany

    Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 08.07.2016, Nonunion employee representation: History, Contemporary Practice, and Policy. Kaufman, B. E. & Taras, D. G. (eds.). Armonk, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 365-385 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  14. Credit Constraints and Exports: A Survey of Empirical Studies Using Firm Level Data

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 401-421 21 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  15. Credit Constraints and Margins of Import: First Evidence for German Manufacturing Enterprises

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 423-452 30 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  16. Do Exporters Really Pay Higher Wages? First Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 177-213 37 p. (World Scientific Studies in international Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  17. Exports and Profitability -First Evidence for German Manufacturing Firms

    Fryges, H. & Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 245-277 33 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  18. Exports, Imports and Firm Survival: First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 341-367 27 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  19. Exports, Imports and Profitability: First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 311-338 28 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  20. From Estimation Results to Stylized Facts: Twelve Recommendations for Empirical Research in International Activities of Heterogeneous Firms

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 479-514 36 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  21. Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing Firms: Self-selection, Learning from Importing or Both?

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 139-174 36 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  22. Higher Wages in Exporting Firms: Self-selection, Export Effect, or Both? First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 215-241 27 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  23. International Trade and Firm Performance: A Survey of Empirical Studies since 2006

    Wagner, J., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 43-87 45 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  24. Multinomial choice models based on Archimedean copulas

    Schwiebert, J., 01.07.2016, In: AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis. 100, 3, p. 333-354 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  25. Risk or Resilience? The Role of Trade Integration and Foreign Ownership for the Survival of German Enterprises during the Crisis 2008-2010

    Wagner, J. & Gelübcke, J. P. W., 01.07.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 369-397 29 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  26. Exports and Firm Characteristics in German Manufacturing Industries: New Evidence from Representative Panel Data

    Wagner, J., 21.06.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 91-137 47 p. (World Scientific Studies in international Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  27. Exports and Productivity: A Survey of the Evidence from Firm Level Data

    Wagner, J., 21.06.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 3-41 39 p. (World Scientific Studies in international Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  28. Export diversification and income differences reconsidered: The extensive product margin in theory and application

    Mau, K., 01.05.2016, In: Review of World Economics. 152, 2, p. 351-381 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Exporter and Importer Dynamics Database for Germany

    Wagner, J., 01.05.2016, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 236, 3, p. 411 - 420 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  30. The Lumpiness of German Exports and Imports of Goods

    Wagner, J., 29.04.2016, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 41 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 359).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  31. Somewhere over the rainbow: sexual orientation and earnings in Germany

    Humpert, S., 04.04.2016, In: International Journal of Manpower. 37, 1, p. 69-98 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  32. Quality of firms' imports and distance to countries of origin: First evidence from Germany

    Wagner, J., 22.03.2016, In: Economics Bulletin. 36, 1, p. 515-521 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. 25 Years of German Reunification

    Pfeifer, C., Smolny, W. & Wagner, J., 01.03.2016, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 236, 2, p. 153-155 3 p.

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

  34. Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification: Additional insights on the pattern of convergence

    Petrunyk, I. & Pfeifer, C., 01.03.2016, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 236, 2, p. 217-239 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  35. Still Different After All These Years: Extensive and Intensive Margins of Exports in East and West German Manufacturing Enterprises

    Wagner, J., 01.03.2016, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 236, 2, p. 297 - 322 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. An intersection test for the cointegrating rank in dependent panel data

    Arsova, A. & Karaman Örsal, D. D., 03.2016, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 18 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics ; no. 357).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  37. Intra-firm Wage Compression and Cost Coverage of Training: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Pfeifer, C., 03.2016, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 69, 2, p. 435-454 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  38. What workers want: job satisfaction in the U.S.

    Humpert, S., 03.2016, In: Management Research and Practice. 8, 1, p. 39-45 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  39. A survey of empirical studies using transaction level data on exports and imports

    Wagner, J., 01.02.2016, In: Review of World Economics. 152, 1, p. 215-225 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Exports and Profitability -First Evidence for German Business Services Enterprises

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 01.01.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 279-310 32 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  41. Microeconometrics of International Trade

    Wagner, J., 01.01.2016, New Jersey, London, Singapore etc.: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. 514 p. (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; vol. 52)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  42. Trading Many Goods with Many Countries: Exporters and Importers from German Manufacturing Industries

    Wagner, J., 01.01.2016, Microeconometrics of International Trade. Wagner, J. (ed.). World Scientific Publishing Co., p. 455-476 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  43. Distance-sensitivity of German imports: First evidence from firm-product level data

    Wagner, J., 2016, In: Economics Bulletin. 36, 3, p. 1275-1279 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  44. Trade cost shocks and lumpiness of imports: Evidence from the Fukushima disaster

    Wagner, J., 2016, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 13 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 360).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  45. 2015
  46. Dynamik der deutschen Warenexporte nach Zielländern und Gütergruppen: Ergebnisse aus der Exporter Dynamics Database für Deutschland

    Wagner, J., 01.12.2015, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 95, 12, p. 868 - 870 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  47. Meta-analytic cointegrating rank tests for dependent panels

    Karaman Örsal, D. D. & Arsova, A., 11.2015, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics ; no. 349).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  48. Semiparametric one-step estimation of a sample selection model with endogenous covariates

    Schwiebert, J., 23.10.2015, In: AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis. 99, 4, p. 379-402 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Estimation and interpretation of a Heckman selection model with endogenous covariates

    Schwiebert, J., 05.09.2015, In: Empirical Economics. 49, 2, p. 675-703 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. The nexus between top managers’ human capital and firm productivity

    Pfeifer, C., 13.08.2015, In: Applied Economics Letters. 22, 12, p. 982-986 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  51. Are economically significant bond returns explained by corporate news? An examination of the German corporate bond market

    Janner, S. & Schmidt, D., 08.2015, In: Financial Markets and Portfolio Management. 29, 3, p. 271-298 28 p., A004.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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