page_title: Bernhard Harms
section_title: Kiel Institute for the World Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Bernhard Harms / Kiel Institute for the World Economy
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Im Vordergrund rechts die Plastik "Meteor" vor dem Landwirtschaftsministerium.
context_page_description: Bernhard Harms was a German economist and one of the first professors to undertake research in the field of international economics. He founded the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany's leading economic research institute, in 1914. Harms was Chair of Economics at the University of Kiel and head of the Institute until he was dismissed from office in 1933 by Nazi Party officials.
context_section_description: Founded on February 18, 1914, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy has been one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. It began as the Königliches Institut für Seeverkehr and Weltwirtschaft an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Royal Institute for Maritime Transport and World Economics at the University of Kiel). Over the years, Harms worked to build the university's name, attracting well established economists such as Jacob Marschak, Wassily Leontief, Adolph Löwe, Gerhard Colm, and Hans Philipp Neisser. The original mission of the Institute was to challenge the traditional scholar of nationally oriented political economy, and instead opting for a more international view on economic and political affairs.
caption: Construction of Bernhard-Harms-Weg, named in honor of the Institute's founder (1971)
exif: {}