The Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) is an independent institution for economic research. It aims to monitor economic developments, and recognise at an early stage those potentially detrimental in nature and to demonstrate possibilities of circumventing them or overcoming their effects. Towards this end, diagnoses and forecasts of economic developments are prepared with the aid of a broadly based analytical system incorporating economic models and, in addition, the economic cause-effects relationships are scientifically investigated.
The work of the institute is intended to inform policy-decisions in the public and private sectors and to broaden general understanding of economic relationships and the adequate economic policies. The results of its work are published as a rule and are thus available to the public.
Website includes details of publications, some available in full-text. It also has news and events and a list of the institute’s co-operation partners from Germany, the rest of Europe and the USA.