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. 2008
  2. Published

    Export, Import und Produktivität wissensintensiver KMUs in Deutschland

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 28 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 104).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Exports and firm characteristics: first evidence from fractional probit panel estimates

    Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 97).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Exports and productivity in the German business services sector: first evidence from the turnover tax statistics panel

    Vogel, A., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 89).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Exports and profitability: first evidence for German manufacturing firms

    Fryges, H. & Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 45 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 102).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    FiDASt Reloaded

    Wagner, J., 2008, Fortschritte der informationellen Infrastruktur in Deutschland: Festschrift für Johann Hahlen zum 65. Geburtstag und Hans-Jürgen Krupp zum 75. Geburtstag. Rolf, G. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 369-380 12 p.

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

  7. Published

    Forschungsbericht 2007

    Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 30 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 73).

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsTransfer

  8. Published

    Freistellung von Betriebsräten: eine Beschäftigungsbremse?

    Koller, L., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung. 41, 2/3, p. 305-326 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Higher productivity in importing German manufacturing firms: self-selection, learning from importing, or both?

    Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 40 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 106).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Higher wages in exporting firms: self-selection, export effect, or both? first evidence from German linked emlpoyer-emlpoyee data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 19 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 74).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Improvements and future challenges for the research infrastructure in the field firm level data

    Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 11 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 88).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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  2. The Friend as Conceptual Persona in Deleuze and Guattari
  3. Partizipation, Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung, Nachhaltigkeit
  4. Einfluss von Steuern auf unternehmerische Entscheidungen
  5. Rezension zu Fahlenbrach, Kathrin/Brück, Ingrid/Bartsch, Anne
  6. Repräsentation, Krise der Repräsentation, Pradigmenwechsel
  7. Interorganizational Diffusion in International Relations
  8. The concept of joint production and ecological economics
  9. Kritik der Kritik oder der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod
  10. Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates
  11. Impact of tree saplings on the kinetic energy of rainfall
  12. Der Niedergang der Kreativität und die Konstanz der Kunst
  13. La sostenibilità come processo di sviluppo e apprendimento
  14. The Supply of Project Information to External Stakeholders
  15. Recruitment practices in small and medium size enterprises.
  16. KESS 4 - Lehr- und Lernbedingungen in Hamburger Grundschulen.
  17. The legacy of Idealism and the rise of academic aesthetics
  18. Productivity premia for many modes of internationalization.
  19. BETWEEN SPECIFITY AND CONTEXT. SOCIAL ART HISTORY REVISITED
  20. Kunstgeschichte "vom weltgeschichtlichen Gesichtspunkte aus"
  21. Public Value – oder die zweite Generation des Wertmanagement
  22. L´amore romantico sotto la pressione della razionalizzazione
  23. Exporter performance in the German business services sector
  24. Die "Arisierung" von jüdischem Haus- und Grundbesitz in Bremen
  25. Expatriate Social Networks in Terrorism-Endangered Countries
  26. Transformation des Einzelhandels in osteuropäischen Städten
  27. Bankenregulierung im Spannungsfeld differierender Interessen
  28. How environmental concern influences the investment decision
  29. Die Strafbarkeit von Sport- und Minddoping bei Minderjährigen
  30. Dynamische Raumerfassung auf Basis einer Time-of-Flight Kamera
  31. Das Weltsystem Des Erdöls Eine theoretisch-empirische Skizze