RWI Essen

The RWI Essen, full German name Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V., is one of the leading economic research institutions in Germany. It is a non-profit organization based in Essen.

Report on the German economy

The RWI Essen is one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany that, twice a year (in Spring and Autumn), submit a joint report on the state of the German economy, the so-called Gemeinschaftsdiagnose (joint diagnosis). ^[1]

The other institutes are:

• Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, in Munich in cooperation with KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle of the ETH Zürich, in Zürich, Switzerland
• Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) at the University of Kiel, in Kiel
• Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (IWH), in Halle in cooperation with Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung in der Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung, in Düsseldorf and Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, in Vienna, Austria

References

External links

• Official Web site (German or English)
• Website of the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (graduate school located at the RWI Essen)