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. 2001
  2. Published

    Consumer information problems: causes and consequences

    Wein, T., 2001, Party autonomy and the role of information in the internal market. Grundmann, S., Kerber, W. & Weatherill, S. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, p. 79-97 18 p.

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

  3. Published

    Damages after deregulation - dynamic effects in the German motor vehicle insurance industry

    Wein, T., 2001, In: IFO-Studien. 47, 4, p. 505-529 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Der Preis für Taxikonzessionen

    Wagner, J., 2001, In: Das Wirtschaftsstudium. 30, 3, p. 321-322 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Die betriebsratsfreie Zone aus ökonomischer Sicht: theoretische Überlegungen und empirische Befunde

    Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2001, In: Gewerkschaftliche Monatshefte. 52, 4, p. 238-243 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Die Reform des Betriebsverfassungsgesetzes: neue Belastungsfaktoren statt neuer Impulse

    Wagner, J., 2001, In: Politische Studien. 52, 380, p. 70-78 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Eine ökonomische Analyse der Verbrauchsgüterkaufrichtlinie zum Gewährleistungsrecht

    Wein, T., 2001, In: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften. 52, 1, p. 77-94 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Export entry and exit by German firms

    Bernard, A. B. & Wagner, J., 2001, In: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv. 137, 1, p. 105-123 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Preisdifferenzen zwischen Dieselkraftstoff und Biodiesel

    Wagner, J., 2001, In: Das Wirtschaftsstudium. 30, 1, p. 65-66 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Produktive Staatsausgaben und endogenes Wachstum

    Ott, I., 2001, Marburg: Metropolis Verlag. 216 p. (Hochschulschriften; vol. 72)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  11. Published

    Regionale Wirtschaftsanalysen mit Betriebspaneldaten: Ansätze und Ergebnisse ; Beiträge zum Workshop FiDASt 2001, Hannover, 22. - 23. Februar 2001

    Schasse, U. (Editor) & Wagner, J. (Editor), 2001, Hannover: Niedersächsisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung. 199 p. (NIW-Vortragsreihe)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch