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. 2002
  2. Published

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

    Wagner, J., 2002, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 6 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 277).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    The contestable markets theory: efficient advice for economic policy

    Wein, T. & Growitsch, C., 2002, 1. ed., Lüneburg: Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 20 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 274).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    The impact of risk aversion, role models, and the regional milieu on the transition from unemployment to self-employment: empirical evidence for Germany

    Wagner, J., 2002, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 12 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 258).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    The long awaited reform of the German works constitution act

    Bellmann, L., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2002, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 43 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 254).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    The reform of the German works constitution act: a critical assessment

    Bellmann, L., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2002, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 34 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 16).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    The role of the regional milieu for the decision to start a new firm: empirical evidence for Germany

    Wagner, J. & Sternberg, R., 2002, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 34 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 259).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Unobserved firm heterogeneity and the establishment size: exports nexus: evidence from German panel data

    Wagner, J., 2002, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 257).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Wachstumsdeterminanten junger Unternehmen: empirische Analysen für Ost- und Westdeutschland

    Almus, M., 2002, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 247 p. (ZEW-Wirtschaftsanalysen; vol. 60)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  10. Published

    Works councils: sand or grease in the operation of German firms?

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2002, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 281).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. 2001
  12. Published

    Works councils in Germany: Their effects on establisment perfomance

    Addison, J. T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.10.2001, In: Oxford Economic Papers. 53, 4, p. 659-694 36 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review