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. Published

    Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity: evidence from quantile regressions

    Wagner, J., Schnabel, C., Schank, T. & Addison, J. T., 2004, Lüneburg: Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 328).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. 2003
  4. Published
  5. Published

    Testing Lazear's jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship with German micro data

    Wagner, J., 15.09.2003, In: Applied Economics Letters. 10, 11, p. 687-689 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Audretsch, David B., Roy Thurik, Ingrid Verheul and Sander Wennekers (eds.), Entrepreneurship: Determinants and Policy in a European — U.S. Comparison

    Wagner, J., 01.05.2003, In: Kyklos. 56, 2, p. 263-264 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  7. Published
  8. Published

    Altruism and egoism of the social planner in a dynamic context

    Ott, I., 06.03.2003, Growth Theory and Growth Policy. Hagemann, H. & Seiter, S. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 119-135 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Das European-Data-Watch-Projekt: Kurzdokumentationen von Datensätzen für die empirische Wirtschaftsforschung

    Wagner, J., 01.01.2003, In: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium. 32, 2, p. 124-125 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Anonymized firm data under test: evidence from a replication study

    Wagner, J., 2003, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 32 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 300).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Arbeiten mit Einzeldaten der amtlichen Statistik am Beispiel des Monatsberichts im verarbeitenden Gewerbe

    Wagner, J., 2003, Anonymisierung wirtschaftsstatistischer Einzeldaten: Beiträge zum Workshop am 20./21. März 2003 in Tübingen . Ronning, G. & Gnoss, R. (eds.). Statistisches Bundesamt, p. 140-146 7 p. (Forum der Bundesstatistik; vol. 42).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  12. Published

    Are nascent entrepreneurs jacks-of-all-trades? a test of Lazear's theory of entrepreneurship with German data

    Wagner, J., 2003, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 12 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 295).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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