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

    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

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Architekturvermittlung - Chancen und Risiken einer neuen Disziplin

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

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Biotechnologie und Internationalisierung: Ergebnisse der Online-Befragung

    Kranich, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 45).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Convergence or mediation? experts of vulnerability and the vulnerability of experts' discourses on nanotechnologies ; a case study

    Papilloud, C. & Ott, I., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 58).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Credit constraints, idiosyncratic risks, and the wealth ditribution in a heterogeneous agent model

    Clemens, C. & Heinemann, M., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 31 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 46).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Die Forschungspotenziale der Betriebspaneldaten des Monatsberichts im verarbeitenden Gewerbe: Betriebs- und Unternehmensdaten im Längsschnitt ; neue Datenangebote und ihre Forschungspotenziale

    Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 51).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Differences in the earnings distribution of self- and dependent employed German men: evidence from a quantile regression decomposition analysis

    Braakmann, N., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 23 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 55).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Entry, exit and productivity: empirical results for German manufacturing industries

    Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 44).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers