page_title: Bernhard Harms
section_title: Bernhard Harms Prize
hierarchical_section_title: Bernhard Harms / Legacy / Bernhard Harms Prize
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: An den Bankier Dr. h.c. Hermann Josef Abs (1. Reihe 2. v. r.) durch den Direktor des Instituts für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) Prof. Dr. Erich Schneider (links am Redepult) im Schloss. In der 1. Reihe v. r. Kultusminister Claus Joachim von Heydebreck (5.), Justizminister Gerhard Gaul (8.), der Rektor der CAU, Prof. Dr. Ludwig Weisbecker (10.) und Stadtpräsident Hermann Köster (11.).
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: Every two years since 1964, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy has awarded the Bernhard Harms Prize of €25,000 to individuals "with a distinguished record in the field of international economics." Award winners give presentations on their research at the Bernhard Harms Lectures at the Institute, which are then published in the Institute's journal, Review of World Economics / Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv.
caption: The 1968 award ceremony of the Bernard Harms Prize
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