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. 2011
  2. Published

    Ownership Patterns and Enterprise Groups in German Structural Business Statistics

    Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 08.2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 14 p. (Working Papers in Economics; no. 212).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Robust Estimation of Linear Fixed Effects Panel Data Models with an Application to the Exporter Productivity Premium

    Verardi, V. & Wagner, J., 08.2011, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 231, 4, p. 546-557 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Beschäftigungswirkungen arbeits- und sozialrechtlicher Schwellenwerte

    Koller, L., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 01.06.2011, In: Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung. 44, 1/2, p. 173-180 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    How does economic integration influence employment and wages in border regions? The case of the EU enlargement 2004 and Germany's eastern border

    Braakmann, N. & Vogel, A., 01.06.2011, In: Review of World Economics. 147, 2, p. 303-323 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    One-third Co-determination in German Supervisory Boards and its Economic Consequences. New Evidence for Employment

    Boneberg, F., 01.06.2011, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 131, 1, p. 107-131 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Exports, imports and profitability: First evidence for manufacturing enterprises

    Wagner, J., 06.2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 32 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 206).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  14. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  18. Published

    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. 105-124

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

  19. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  21. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  22. Published

    Exports and Firm Characteristics in German Manufacturing Industries: New Evidence from Representative Panel Data

    Wagner, J., 2011, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 57, 2, p. 107-143

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    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/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    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 anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  26. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  27. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  28. Published
  29. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  30. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  32. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  34. Published

    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/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  37. 2010
  38. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  39. Published

    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 contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  40. Published

    Betriebliche Beschäftigungsstabilisierung in der Rezession - Eine Fallstudie

    Krüger, S., 10.2010, In: RegioPol. 4, 02, p. 123-135 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  41. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  44. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  49. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    International Activities and Firm Performance: Introduction

    Wagner, J., 03.2010, In: World Economy. 33, 3, p. 311-314 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  52. Published
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