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.
- 2007
- Published
Productivity and size of the export market: Evidence for west and east German plants, 2004
Wagner, J., 08.2007, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 227, 4, p. 403-409 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Internal markets or hierachies: Transfer prices or budgets?
Pfeiffer, T. & Wagner, J., 01.05.2007, In: Journal of Economics and Business. 59, 3, p. 241-255 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Do Exporters Really Pay Higher Wages? First Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 05.2007, In: Journal of International Economics. 72, 1, p. 52-74 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Schwellenwerte im Arbeitsrecht: höhere Transparenz und Effizienz durch Vereinheitlichung
Koller, L., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 02.2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 40).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Exports and productivity: A survey of the evidence from firm-level data
Wagner, J., 01.01.2007, In: World Economy. 30, 1, p. 60-82 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Union Density and Determinations of Union Membership in 18 EU Countries: Evidence from Micro Data 2002/03
Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.01.2007, In: Industrial Relations Journal. 38, 1, p. 5-32 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What a Difference a Y Makes: Female and Male Nascent Entrepreneurs in Germany
Wagner, J., 01.01.2007, In: Small Business Economics. 28, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Do works councils inhibit investment?
Schank, T., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 01.2007, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 60, 2, p. 187-203 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Architekturvermittlung - Chancen und Risiken einer neuen Disziplin
Ohse, S., 2007, In: Wolkenkuckucksheim. 11/2007, 1/2, 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Auctionning plant biodiversity: results of a german case study
Groth, M., 2007, Emerging issues for biodiversity conservation in a changing climate: abstracts of poster presentations at the 12th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2-6 July 2007 in Paris, France. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, p. 83-85 3 p. (CBD Technical Series; vol. 29).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review