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. 2016
  2. Published

    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

  3. Published

    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

  4. Published

    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

  5. Published

    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

  6. Published

    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

  7. Published

    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

  8. Published

    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

  9. Published

    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

  10. Published

    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

  11. Published

    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

  12. Published

    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

  13. Published

    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

  14. Published

    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

  15. Published

    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

  16. Published

    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

  17. Published

    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

  18. Published

    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

  19. Published

    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

  20. Published

    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

  21. Published

    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

  22. Published

    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

  23. Published

    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

  24. Published

    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

  25. Published

    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

  26. Published

    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

  27. Published

    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

  28. Published

    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

  29. Published

    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

  30. Published

    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

  31. Published

    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

  32. Published

    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

  33. Published

    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

  34. Published
  35. Published

    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

  36. 2015
  37. Published

    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

  38. Published

    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

  39. Published

    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

  40. Published
  41. Published

    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

  42. Published

    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

  43. Published

    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

  44. Published

    Unfair wage perceptions and sleep: Evidence from German survey data

    Pfeifer, C., 08.2015, Bonn: IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, 20 p. (IZA Discussion Paper ; no. 9317).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  45. Published

    Credit Constraints and the Extensive Margins of Exports: First Evidence for German Manufacturing

    Wagner, J., 09.07.2015, In: Economics. 9, 18, p. 1-17 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Are private banks the better banks? An insight into the principal-agent structure and risk-taking behavior of German banks

    Schmielewski, F. & Wein, T., 08.07.2015, In: Journal of Economics and Finance. 39, 3, p. 518-540 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Access to finance, foreign ownership and foreign takeovers in Germany

    Wagner, J. & Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 21.06.2015, In: Applied Economics. 47, 29, p. 3092-3112 21 p., P340.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    A note on firm age and the margins of imports: first evidence from Germany

    Wagner, J., 13.06.2015, In: Applied Economics Letters. 22, 9, p. 679-682 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

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

    Wagner, J., 01.04.2015, In: World Economy. 38, 4, p. 704-715 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. 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., 01.04.2015, In: World Economy. 38, 4, p. 716-729 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Unraveling the relationship between presidential approval and the economy: A multidimensional semiparametric approach

    Berlemann, M., Enkelmann, S. & Kuhlenkasper, T., 01.04.2015, In: Journal of Applied Econometrics. 30, 3, p. 468-486 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    The death of german firms: What role for foreign direct investment?

    Franco, C. & Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 04.2015, In: World Economy. 38, 4, p. 677-703 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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