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. 2003
  2. Published

    On the micro-structure of the German export boom: evidence from establishment panel data, 1995 - 2002

    Wagner, J., 2003, Hamburg: Hamburgisches Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv - HWWA , 15 p. (HWWA discussion paper; no. 249).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Taking a second chance: entrepreneurial re-starters in Germany

    Wagner, J., 2003, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 49, 3, p. 255-272 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published
  5. Published

    The course of research into the economic consequences of German works councils

    Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 284 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 292).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    The course of research into the economic consequences of German works councils

    Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 207 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 22).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Trade union membership in eastern and western Germany: convergence or divergence?

    Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2003, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 49, 3, p. 213-232 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Trade union membership in Eastern and Western Germany: convergence or divergence?

    Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2003, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 25 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 18).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Unobserved Firm Heterogeneity and the Size-Exports Nexus: Evidence from German Panel Data

    Wagner, J., 2003, In: Review of World Economics. 139, 1, p. 161-172 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Vorschläge der VVG-Kommission zur Neuregelung der Pflichtverletzungen im Versicherungsvertragsgesetz: eine wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Stellungnahme

    Wein, T., 2003, Reform des Versicherungsvertragsrechts: Erster Nürnberger Versicherungstag am 19. Februar 2003. . Herrmann, H. & Wambach, A. (eds.). Nürnberg: IF-Verlag, p. 139-158 20 p. (Schriftenreihe Wirtschaftsrecht; vol. 5).

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

  11. 2002
  12. Published

    The causal effects of exports on firm size and labor productivity: first evidence from a matching approach

    Wagner, J., 01.10.2002, In: Economics Letters. 77, 2, p. 287-292 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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