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.
The lack of larger business units is often cited as one of the reasons for lower growth dynamics in eastern Germany. For example, large companies are often more productive than average, important for a region’s innovation performance, pay above-average wages and are significantly better able than small companies to tap into international markets. They are also important anchor points for the development of clusters and regional value chains.
Agenda for investment and economic modernisation
On behalf of UNDP Ukraine and supported by the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Sefety (BMUB) based on a decision of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany.
DIW Weekly Report 16/2015
In connection with digitisation, it has been a matter of dispute for years to what extent the existing copyright law contributes to a sustainable positive development of the regulated areas of society.
Within the framework of the present expertise for the German Wind Energy Association and Deutsche Messe AG, DIW Econ prepared an assessment of the macroeconomic employment effects of the energy transition. For this purpose, on the one hand the positive economic employment impulses of the energy transition through the expansion of renewable energies and through energy efficiency measures were worked out, and on the other hand, adverse effects in the area of the conventional energy industry and in other economic sectors were contrasted with the positive effects.