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. 2004
  2. Einkommensverteilung, Umverteilung und endogenes Wachstum

    Heinemann, M., 2004, Ungleichheit und Umverteilung. Aaken, A. & Grözinger, G. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 233-268 36 p.

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

  3. Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus: first evidence from linked employer-employee data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2004, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 27 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 27).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus: first evidence from linked employer-employee data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 311).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Export intensity and plant characteristics: what can we learn from quantile regression?

    Wagner, J., 2004, Hamburg: Hamburgisches Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv - HWWA , 8 p. (HWWA discussion paper; no. 304).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Export intensity and plant characteristics: what can we learn from quantile regression?

    Wagner, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 11 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 323).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Exporttätigkeit und Firmengröße: was können wir aus Firmenpaneldaten lernen?

    Wagner, J., 2004, Perspektiven der Mittelstandsforschung: Ökonomische Analysen zu Selbständigkeit, Freien Berufen und KMU . Merz, J. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 251-261 11 p.

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

  8. Handwerksreform 2004: Rückwirkungen auf das Ausbildungsverhalten Lüneburger Handwerksbetriebe?

    Wein, T. & Röber, W. B., 2004, In: RWI-Mitteilungen. 54/55, 3/4, p. 217-246 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. International business and the eclectic paradigm, developing the OLI framework , ed. by John Cantwell and Rajneesh Narula

    Wagner, J., 2004, In: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv. 140, 3, p. 534-535 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  10. International handbook of trade unions, ed. by John T. Addison ...

    Wagner, J., 2004, In: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv. 140, 4, p. 728-729 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  11. Menschen im Gründungsprozess: empirische Befunde aus dem Regionalen Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM) Deutschland

    Wagner, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 30 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 321).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers