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

    International Firm Activities and Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge Production Functions for German Firms

    Wagner, J., 2008, In: The ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management. 6, 2, p. 47-62 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance: fist evidence from German linked employer-employee-data

    Braakmann, N., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 24 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 77).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Kosteneffizienter und effektiver Biodiversitätsschutz durch Ausschreibungen und eine ergebnisorientierte Honorierung: das Modellprojekt "Blühendes Steinburg"

    Groth, M., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 35 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 105).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Labormetrics

    Bellmann, L. (Editor), Wagner, J. (Editor), Franz, W. (Editor), Gerlach, K. (Editor), Hujer, R. (Editor) & Meyer, W. (Editor), 2008, Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius. 233 p. (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik; vol. 228, no. 5/6)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  6. Published

    Mittelstand 2008: aktuelle Forschungsbeiträge zu gesellschaftlichen und finanzwirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen

    Schöning, S. (Editor), Richter, J. (Editor), Wetzel, H. (Editor) & Nissen, D. (Editor), 2008, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 264 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Nascent and infant entrepreneurs in Germany: evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)

    Wagner, J., 2008, Neue Ansätze der Mittelstandsforschung. Merz , J. & Schulte, R. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 395-411 17 p. (CREPS Entrepreneurship, Professions, Small Buseniss Economics; vol. 4).

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

  8. Published

    Non scholae, sed vitae discimus! the importance of fields of study for the gender wage gap among German university graduates during labor market entry and the first years of their careers

    Braakmann, N., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 31 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 85).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Perspektiven der Nutzung von Methanhydranten als Energieträger: eine Bestandsaufnahme

    Groth, M., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 15 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 76).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Private ex-ante transaction costs for repeated biodiversity conservation auctions: a case study

    Groth, M., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 84).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Productivity growth in European railways: technological progress, efficiency change and scale effects

    Wetzel, H., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 101).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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  1. Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in Kindergärten
  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