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.
- 2016
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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 paper › Working papers
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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 paper › Working papers
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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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 contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 paper › Working papers
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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 contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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 anthologies › Book
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Imitationsbehauptung und Rufausnutzung in vergleichender Werbung: Eine rechtsvergleichend-ökonomische Analyse des Spannungsfeldes zwischen Eigentum und Marktkommunikation
Dornis, T. W. & Wein, T., 2016, In: Zeitschrift für Geistiges Eigentum (ZGE) / Intellectual Property Journal (IPJ). 8, 4, p. 513-558 46 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 paper › Working papers
- 2015
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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 paper › Working papers
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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25 Jahre Nutzung vertraulicher Firmenpaneldaten der amtlichen Statistik für wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Forschung: Produkte, Projekte, Probleme, Perspektiven
Wagner, J., 17.10.2015, In: Wirtschafts- und sozialstatistisches Archiv. 9, 2, p. 83-106 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 paper › Working papers
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review