Kiel Institute for the World Economy

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The Kiel Institute for the World Economy (German: Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel, abbreviated IfW) is one of the leading economic research institutes in Kiel, Germany. It is engaged in research and consulting with regard to global economic affairs, economic education and documentation. It is an independent, non-profit academic institution affiliated with the University of Kiel.

Contents 1 Activities 1.1 Report on the German economy 1.2 The Global Economic Symposium (GES) 2 References 3 External links

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[edit] Report on the German economy

The IfW 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:

• Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), Halle,
• Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Munich,
• Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS), Wien,
• Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK), Düsseldorf,
• Konjunkturforschungsstelle (KOF) of the Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH), Zürich,
• Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO), Wien,
• Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Essen.

[edit] The Global Economic Symposium (GES)

Jointly with the Ministry of Science, Economics and Transport of the State of Schleswig-Holstein the Kiel Institute for the World Economy organises the Global Economic Symposium.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.ifw-kiel.de/ (English)
• http://www.global-economic-symposium.org/ (English)

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