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At opposite poles: How the success of the Green Party and AfD reflects the geographical and social cleavages in Germany

Franz, Christian; Fratzscher, Marcel; Kritikos, Alexander - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 34, pp. 289-300

Party surged in West German districts, while the AfD further consolidated its successes in East Germany. Investigating …. Thus, the Green Party and the AfD reflect polarities not only in the political arena, but also in Germany's new social …

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Natural gas supply: No need for another Baltic Sea pipeline

Neumann, Anne; Göke, Leonard; Holz, Franziska; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 27, pp. 241-248

The construction of a second Baltic Sea natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany (Nord Stream 2) is very … that it is a profitable, private-sector investment project that is necessary to secure natural gas supplies for Germany and … gas supplies for Germany and Europe. The energy consumption forecasts on which the project is based, especially the EU …

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Successful climate protection via rapid coal phaseout in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia

Göke, Leonard; Kittel, Martin; Kemfert, Claudia; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 33, pp. 301-311

Power generation from lignite and hard coal was responsible for more than a quarter of German greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. Of all federal states, North Rhine-Westphalia is by far the largest carbon emitter. The Growth, Structural Change and Regional Development Commission (also known as...

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Women on high-level boards of banks and insurance companies: Growth coming to a standstill on supervisory boards

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 3, pp. 33-45

The proportion of women on executive boards of the 100 largest banks stagnated at almost nine percent in 2018. In the 60 largest insurance companies, the proportion increased by a good percentage point to almost ten percent. While growth on executive boards has been weakening in past years, it...

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Increasing Number of Women on Supervisory Boards of Major Companies in Germany: Executive Boards Still Dominated by Men

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 3, pp. 17-32

boards of the 200 highest-performing companies in Germany increased by over two percentage points to 27 percent the past year …

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From Iran to Russia to Hong Kong: Geopolitical risks are weighing on the German economy

Hanisch, Max - In: DIW Weekly Report 10 (2020) 6/7, pp. 53-58

Over the past years, there has been an increase in global geopolitical risk, the most recent example being the intensifying conflict between the USA and Iran. Such geopolitical risks also affect the German economy. A geopolitical shock, defined as an unexpected increase in risk, has a...

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Executive boards remain dominated by men, but change is finally coming

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 18-19

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Markedly more women on executive boards of large companies: Inclusion requirement seemingly already having an effect

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 20-31

There was a significant increase in the number of women on executive boards of large companies in Germany from 2020 to …

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While gender quotas for top positions in the private sector differ across EU countries, they are effective overall

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 32-39

percent). Generally, the share of female non-executive directors (in Germany, this refers to supervisory board members) is …

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Brüning's austerity policies of the early 1930s intensified the economic slump and increased unemployment

Ettmeier, Stephanie; Kriwoluzky, Alexander - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 24/25, pp. 163-168

May 2022 marked the 90th anniversary of the end of Heinrich Brüning's term as Reich Chancellor. To this day, the economic effects of Brüning's extreme austerity measures remain unclear. However, new data and calculations have made an initial quantification of the economic consequences of...

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