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. 2007
  2. 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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. 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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. 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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. 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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Architekturvermittlung - Chancen und Risiken einer neuen Disziplin

    Ohse, S., 2007, In: Wolkenkuckucksheim. 11/2007, 1/2, 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  11. Published

    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/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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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