... lets face it, fascism is an ever present of German society.
The Jerries gonna jerry.
Most popular country in the world:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8365025/Britain-beaten-by-Germany-in-popularity-contest.html
Die Welle was far from reality. Nobody with this set of teeth like Jurgen Vogel could become teacher in Germany.
It is an economic story, without a doubt.
...Sure, there are economic papers that can be done on the subject. But there are a lot of challenges and measurement errors.
This is all well and good, but you begin by stating it is an economic story, but then leave it to other disciplines because of "measurement errors". Since when is economics the study of "economic phenomena that can be well-quantified"? Why should economics be left to sociologists, and why should this notion be perpetuated on forums like these?
There are some fierce debates over data attribution issues in this work. Some authors in the U.S. want to attribute their entire WW2 carbon output to Germany, but the Germans are arguing that only the invasion only counts as their carbon import once it reaches their borders.
I'm working on a paper trying to calculate the value of the carbon offsets from killing 6 million people. Between that and solar panel subsidies I reckon Germany is carbon neutral.
Have you looked at lag effects, it could be German ovens triggered global warming