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. 2018
  2. Published

    Temporary exports and characteristics of destination countries: first evidence from German transaction data

    Wagner, J., 01.12.2018, In: Economics. 12, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Corporate social responsibility and dividend policy

    Cheung, A., Hu, M. & Schwiebert, J., 01.09.2018, In: Accounting and Finance. 58, 3, p. 787-816 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Registered Replication Report on Mazar, Amir, and Ariely (2008)

    Verschuere, B., Meijer, E. H., Jim, A., Hoogesteyn, K., Orthey, R., McCarthy, R. J., Skowronski, J. J., Acar, O. A., Aczel, B., Bakos, B. E., Barbosa, F., Baskin, E., Bègue, L., Ben-Shakhar, G., Birt, A. R., Blatz, L., Charman, S. D., Claesen, A., Clay, S. L., Coary, S. P., Crusius, J., Evans, J. R., Feldman, N., Ferreira-Santos, F., Gamer, M., Gomes, S., González-Iraizoz, M., Holzmeister, F., Huber, J., Isoni, A., Jessup, R. K., Kirchler, M., klein Selle, N., Koppel, L., Kovacs, M., Laine, T., Lentz, F., Loschelder, D. D., Ludvig, E. A., Lynn, M. L., Martin, S. D., McLatchie, N. M., Mechtel, M., Nahari, G., Özdoğru, A. A., Pasion, R., Pennington, C. R., Roets, A., Rozmann, N., Scopelliti, I., Spiegelman, E., Suchotzki, K., Sutan, A., Szecsi, P., Tinghög, G., Tisserand, J.-C., Tran, U. S., Van Hiel, A., Vanpaemel, W., Västfjäll, D., Verliefde, T., Vezirian, K., Voracek, M., Warmelink, L., Wick, K., Wiggins, B. J., Wylie, K. & Yıldız, E., 01.09.2018, In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 1, 3, p. 299-317 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Registered Replication Report on Srull and Wyer (1979)

    McCarthy, R. J., Skowronski, J. J., Verschuere, B., Meijer, E. H., Jim, A., Hoogesteyn, K., Orthey, R., Acar, O. A., Aczel, B., Bakos, B. E., Barbosa, F., Baskin, E., Bègue, L., Ben-Shakhar, G., Birt, A. R., Blatz, L., Charman, S. D., Claesen, A., Clay, S. L., Coary, S. P., Crusius, J., Evans, J. R., Feldman, N., Ferreira-Santos, F., Gamer, M., Gerlsma, C., Gomes, S., González-Iraizoz, M., Holzmeister, F., Huber, J., Huntjens, R. J. C., Isoni, A., Jessup, R. K., Kirchler, M., klein Selle, N., Koppel, L., Kovacs, M., Laine, T., Lentz, F., Loschelder, D. D., Ludvig, E. A., Lynn, M. L., Martin, S. D., McLatchie, N. M., Mechtel, M., Nahari, G., Özdoğru, A. A., Pasion, R., Pennington, C. R., Roets, A., Rozmann, N., Scopelliti, I., Spiegelman, E., Suchotzki, K., Sutan, A., Szecsi, P., Tinghög, G., Tisserand, J.-C., Tran, U. S., Van Hiel, A., Vanpaemel, W., Västfjäll, D., Verliefde, T., Vezirian, K., Voracek, M., Warmelink, L., Wick, K., Wiggins, B. J., Wylie, K. & Yıldız, E., 01.09.2018, In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 1, 3, p. 321-336 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Positional income concerns and personality: evidence from Germany

    Friehe, T., Mechtel, M. & Pannenberg, M., 16.08.2018, In: Applied Economics Letters. 25, 14, p. 1024-1028 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Relevanz von Margin-Squeeze-Preissetzung: Ein empirischer Test für den deutschen Kraftstoffmarkt

    Kleineberg, C. & Wein, T., 03.08.2018, In: Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb. 07-08, p. 382-389 8 p., 1255686.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Environmental Regulation and Sustainable Competitiveness: Evaluating the Role of Firm-Level Green Investments in the Context of the Porter Hypothesis

    Stoever, J. & Weche, J. P., 01.06.2018, In: Environmental and Resource Economics. 70, 2, p. 429-455 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Do employers have more monopsony power in slack labor markets?

    Hirsch, B., Jahn, E. J. & Schnabel, C., 01.05.2018, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 71, 3, p. 676-704 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Active on Many Foreign Markets: A Portrait of German Multi-market Exporters and Importers from Manufacturing Industries

    Wagner, J., 25.04.2018, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 238, 2, p. 157-182 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Econometric Studies with Integrated Micro-data from German Official Statistics

    Wagner, J., 25.04.2018, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 238, 2, p. 101-101 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  12. Published

    Anforderungen der Wirtschaftswissenschaften an die Europarechtswissenschaft

    Wein, T., 01.04.2018, Europarechtswissenschaft. Hatje, A., Müller-Graf, P.-C. & Terhechte, J. P. (eds.). 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 133 - 147 15 p. 6. (Europarecht / Beiheft).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  13. Published

    Germany's trade in goods: A survey of the evidence from transaction data

    Wagner, J., 01.04.2018, In: Wirtschafts- und sozialstatistisches Archiv. 12, 1, p. 69 - 82 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    The heterogeneous competitive effects of trade and foreign direct investment: Firm-level evidence for European countries

    Weche, J. P., 03.2018, In: World Economy. 41, 3, p. 801-830 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    The role of task meaning on output in groups: Experimental evidence

    Bäker, A. & Mechtel, M., 03.2018, In: Managerial and Decision Economics. 39, 2, p. 131-141 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Multiple Import Sourcing: First Evidence for German Enterprises from Manufacturing Industries

    Wagner, J., 01.02.2018, In: Open Economies Review. 29, 1, p. 165-175 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    An empirical note on commuting distance and sleep during workweek and weekend

    Pfeifer, C., 01.2018, In: Bulletin of Economic Research. 70, 1, p. 97-102 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Shortening the potential duration of unemployment benefits and labor market outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment in Germany

    Petrunyk, I. & Pfeifer, C., 01.2018, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 48 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 377).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  19. Published

    The impact of personality traits on wage growth and the gender wage gap

    Schäfer, K. & Schwiebert, J., 01.2018, In: Bulletin of Economic Research. 70, 1, p. 20-34 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. 2017
  21. Published

    Analysing money demand relation for OECD countries using common factors

    Karaman Örsal, D. D., 26.12.2017, In: Applied Economics. 49, 60, p. 6003 - 6013 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    The identification of up-And downstream industries using input-output tables and a firm-level application to minority shareholdings

    Bodnar, O. A., Buchwald, A. & Weche, J. P., 20.12.2017, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 237, 6, p. 499-525 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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