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Turning point: decoupling CO2 emissions and economic growth

The study “Decoupling greenhouse gas emissions from economic growth” commissioned by the Heinrich Böll Foundation examines the developments over the period 1990-2014.

In the past, energy consumption increased along with global economic performance. In 2014, greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector fell for the first time while the economy grew.

The East German economy is too fragmented

DIW Weekly Report 82 (2015), 35, pp. 764-772

Almost 25 years after reunification, the East German economy has not yet caught up with the West German economy. Compared to West Germany, the per capita economic output of the East German Länder reached only slightly more than 70 per cent in 2013. Even in the short or medium term, the new federal states will not catch up with the west German level because their growth dynamics are too low.

How reliable are the profitability analyses for the fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt?

Financing model and cost-benefit analysis put to the test

Scandlines ApS commissioned DIW Econ to prepare an analysis of the fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt.

Current studies on the fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt paint an optimistic picture when they conclude that the tunnel is worthwhile both from an economic and a macroeconomic perspective. The available analyses cannot confirm these assessments. On the contrary, they show that the economic viability of the fixed link is at risk.