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. Exports, Imports and Firm Survival: First evidence for manufacturing enterprises in Germany

    Wagner, J., 08.2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 39 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 211).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Foreign Ownership and Firm Performance in German Services: First Evidence based on Official Statistics

    Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 08.2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 47 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 213).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. International Trade and Firm Performance: A Survey of Empirical Studies since 2006

    Wagner, J., 08.2011, 72 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 210).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 2010
  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

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