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. 2011
  2. Published

    Alternativen der Risikosteuerung von Banken in Zeiten der Finanzkrise

    Schmidt, D., 2011, Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen ; Forschungsbeiträge. Schöning, S., Richter, J. & Pape, A. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 105-124

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

  3. Published

    Anmerkungen zur Krise und zur Krisenbewältigung durch die Wirtschaftspolitik

    Heinemann, M., 2011, Mit der Krise leben?: Europäische Konflikte, innergesellschaftliche Verwerfungen, Perspektiven. Hannover: Offizin-Verlag, p. 45-62 15 p. (Kritische Interventionen; vol. 12).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market

    Pfeifer, C., Yang, P., Janssen, S. & Backes-Gellner, U., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (University of Lüneburg working paper series in Econonomics ; no. 202).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Eine Taylor-Regel für Schweden? Schätzung einer geldpolitischen Reaktionsfunktion am Beispiel der Schwedischen Riksbank

    Enkelmann, S., 2011, Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen: Forschungsbeiträge. Schöning, S., Richter, J. & Pape, A. (eds.). Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 71-84 14 p.

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

  6. Published

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

    Wagner, J., 2011, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 57, 2, p. 107-143

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Exports and Firm Characteristics in Germany: A Survey of Empirical Studies (1991 to 2011)

    Wagner, J., 2011, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 57, 2, p. 145-160 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Foreign ownership and firm performance in the German services: First evidence based on Official Statistics

    Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 2011, ETSG 2011 Copenhagen Thirteenth Annual Conference. European Trade Study Group, 40 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen : Forschungsbeiträge

    Schöning, S. (Editor), Richter, J. (Editor) & Pape, A. (Editor), 2011, Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang Verlag. 326 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Microeconomic Consequences of Exemptions from Value Added Taxation – The Case of Deutsche Post

    Wein, T., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 32 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 199).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit und Arbeitsmärkte

    Pfeifer, C., 2011, Institutionen ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit: [Tagungsbeiträge (Originalbeiträge) der gleichnamigen Veranstaltung der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing (9. bis 11. März 2009)]. Held, M., Kubon-Gilke, G. & Sturm, R. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, Vol. 9. p. 227-244 18 p. (Jahrbuch Normative und institutionelle Grundfragen der Ökonomik; vol. 9).

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