Institute of Economics
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior Professorship for Economics, in particular Microeconomics
- Professorship for Economics, Applied Microeconomics
- Professorship for Economics, in Particular Economic Policy
- Professorship for Economics, in particular Empirical Microeconomics
- Professorship of Economics, in particular empirical Macroeconomics
- Professorship of Economics, in particular Microeconometrics and Policy Evaluation
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.
- 2011
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Offshoring and firm performance: self-selection, effects on performance, or both ?
Wagner, J., 06.2011, In: Review of World Economics. 147, 2, p. 217-247 31 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Product Diversification and Profitability in German Manufacturing Firms
Braakmann, N. & Wagner, J., 06.2011, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 231, 3, p. 326-335 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The economic consequences of one-third co-determination in German supervisory boards
Boneberg, F., 06.2011, In: Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 231, 3, p. 440-457 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Exporter performance in the German business services sector
Vogel, A., 01.05.2011, In: The Service Industries Journal. 31, 7, p. 1015-1031 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Works councils, union bargaining and quits in German firms
Pfeifer, C., 05.2011, In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 32, 2, p. 243-260 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The u-shape on aging revisited: An international comparison with aggregated data
Humpert, S., 25.03.2011, Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen: Forschungsbeiträge. Schöning, S., Richter, J. & Pape, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Frankfurt, Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 227-244 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Determinants of the export behaviour of German business services companies
Eickelpasch, A. & Vogel, A., 03.2011, In: The Service Industries Journal. 31, 4, p. 513-526 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Handicaps in job assignment: insiders, outsiders and gender
Pfeifer, C., 03.2011, In: Journal of Labor Research. 32, 1, p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Risk Aversion and Sorting into Public Sector Employment
Pfeifer, C., 01.02.2011, In: German Economic Review. 12, 1, p. 85-99 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Robust estimates of exporter productivity premia in German business services enterprises
Wagner, J. & Vogel, A., 01.2011, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 207).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Alternativen der Risikosteuerung von Banken in Zeiten der Finanzkrise
Schmidt, D., 2011, Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen ; Forschungsbeiträge. Schöning, S., Richter, J. & Pape, A. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 105-124Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Anmerkungen zur Krise und zur Krisenbewältigung durch die Wirtschaftspolitik
Heinemann, M., 2011, Mit der Krise leben?: Europäische Konflikte, innergesellschaftliche Verwerfungen, Perspektiven. Hannover: Offizin-Verlag, p. 45-62 15 p. (Kritische Interventionen; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market
Pfeifer, C., Yang, P., Janssen, S. & Backes-Gellner, U., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (University of Lüneburg working paper series in Econonomics ; no. 202).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Eine Taylor-Regel für Schweden? Schätzung einer geldpolitischen Reaktionsfunktion am Beispiel der Schwedischen Riksbank
Enkelmann, S., 2011, Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen: Forschungsbeiträge. Schöning, S., Richter, J. & Pape, A. (eds.). Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 71-84 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Exports and Firm Characteristics in German Manufacturing Industries: New Evidence from Representative Panel Data
Wagner, J., 2011, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 57, 2, p. 107-143Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Exports and Firm Characteristics in Germany: A Survey of Empirical Studies (1991 to 2011)
Wagner, J., 2011, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 57, 2, p. 145-160 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Foreign ownership and firm performance in the German services: First evidence based on Official Statistics
Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 2011, ETSG 2011 Copenhagen Thirteenth Annual Conference. European Trade Study Group, 40 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen : Forschungsbeiträge
Schöning, S. (Editor), Richter, J. (Editor) & Pape, A. (Editor), 2011, Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang Verlag. 326 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Microeconomic Consequences of Exemptions from Value Added Taxation – The Case of Deutsche Post
Wein, T., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 32 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 199).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit und Arbeitsmärkte
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Institutionen ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit: [Tagungsbeiträge (Originalbeiträge) der gleichnamigen Veranstaltung der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing (9. bis 11. März 2009)]. Held, M., Kubon-Gilke, G. & Sturm, R. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, Vol. 9. p. 227-244 18 p. (Jahrbuch Normative und institutionelle Grundfragen der Ökonomik; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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One-third Codetermination at Company Supervisory Boards and Firm Performance in German Manufacturing Industries: First Direct Evidence from a New Type of Enterprise Data
Wagner, J., 2011, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 131, 1, p. 91-106 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Physical Attractiveness, Employment, and Wages
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 15 p. (University of Lüneburg working paper series in Economics; no. 201).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Productivity and international firm activities: What do we know?
Wagner, J., 2011, In: Nordic Economic Policy Review. 2, p. 137-161 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Productivity and International Firm Activities: What do we know?
Wagner, J., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 20 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 194).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Robust estimates of exporter productivity premia in German business services enterprises
Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 2011, In: Economic and Business Review. 13, 1-2, p. 7-26 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Subadditivity and Contestability in the Postal Sector: Theory and Evidence
El Masri, T., 2011, 39 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 195).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Book of abstracs: EALE, cyprus 22-24 September 2011. European Association of Labour Economists, p. 34 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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The heterogeneous economic consequences of work council relations
Pfeifer, C., 2011, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 131, 1, p. 59-71 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Heterogeneous Economic Consequences of Works Council Relations
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 19 p. (Working paper series in Econonomics ; no. 203).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
- 2010
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Export und Import im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe
Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 01.12.2010, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 90, 12, p. 848-850 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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A Note on Happiness in Eastern Europe
Humpert, S., 01.11.2010, In: European Research Studies Journal. 13, 3, p. 133-144 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Betriebliche Beschäftigungsstabilisierung in der Rezession - Eine Fallstudie
Krüger, S., 10.2010, In: RegioPol. 4, 02, p. 123-135 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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On entrepreneurial risk-taking and the macroeconomic effects of financial constraints
Clemens, C. & Heinemann, M., 10.2010, In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 34, 9, p. 1610-1626 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Islamistic terror and the labour market prospects of arab men in england: Does a country's direct involvement matter?
Braakmann, N., 01.09.2010, In: Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 57, 4, p. 430-454 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A Note on Happiness in Eastern Europe
Humpert, S., 08.2010, München: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 13 p. (MPRA paper; no. 24840).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Intra-industry Adjustment to Import Competition: Theory and Application to the German Clothing Industry
Raff, H. & Wagner, J., 08.2010, In: World Economy. 33, 8, p. 1006-1022 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Higher Wages in Exporting Firms: Self-Selection, Export Effect, or Both? First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 06.2010, In: Review of World Economics. 146, 2, p. 303-322 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Does immigration boost per capita income?
Felbermayr, G., Hiller, S. & Sala, D., 05.2010, In: Economics Letters. 107, 2, p. 177–179 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The efficiency of German public theaters: a stochastic frontier analysis approach
Last, A.-K. & Wetzel, H., 05.2010, In: Journal of Cultural Economics. 34, 2, p. 89-110 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Konjunkturelle Frühindikatoren und Konjunkturprognosen
Heinemann, M., 04.2010, Frühwarnindikatoren und Risikomanagement: 1. Forschungssymposiuman der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg,Oktober2009. Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, p. 102-125 24 p. (FINAL; vol. 20, no. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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The impact of the 2004 EU enlargement on the performance of service enterprises in Germany's eastern border region
Braakmann, N. & Vogel, A., 04.2010, In: Review of World Economics. 146, 1, p. 75-89 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Exports and Profitability: First Evidence for German Manufacturing Firms
Fryges, H. & Wagner, J., 03.2010, In: World Economy. 33, 3, p. 399-423 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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International Activities and Firm Performance: Introduction
Wagner, J., 03.2010, In: World Economy. 33, 3, p. 311-314 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Fields of Training, Plant Characteristics and the Gender Wage Gap in Entry Wages Among Skilled Workers: Evidence from German Administrative Data
Braakmann, N., 01.02.2010, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 230, 1, p. 27-41 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Work effort during and after employment probation: Evidence from German personnel data
Pfeifer, C., 01.02.2010, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 230, 1, p. 77-91 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Entry, Exit and Productivity: Empirical Results for German Manufacturing Industries
Wagner, J., 02.2010, In: German Economic Review. 11, 1, p. 78-85 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The impact of participation in sports on educational attainment: New evidence from Germany
Pfeifer, C. & Cornelißen, T., 02.2010, In: Economics of Education Review. 29, 1, p. 94-103 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wer wird subventioniert? Subventionen in deutschen Industrieunternehmen 1999 bis 2006
Wagner, J., 02.2010, In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik. 11, 1, p. 47-74 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing firms: Self-Selection, learning from importing, or both?
Vogel, A. & Wagner, J., 01.2010, In: Review of World Economics. 145, 4, p. 641-665 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Public reactions to the promotion of nanotechnologies in society
Könninger, S., Ott, I., Zülsdorf, T. & Papilloud, C., 01.2010, In: International Journal of Nanotechnology. 7, 2-3, p. 265-279 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review