Bernhard Harms

Bernhard Harms
Founder of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Born
Christoph Bernhard Cornelius Harms

(1876-03-30)March 30, 1876
DiedSeptember 21, 1939(1939-09-21) (aged 63)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Leipzig (Diplom), University of Tübingen (PhD)
Occupation(s)Founder of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and Chair of Economics

Christoph Bernhard Cornelius Harms (30 March 1876 – 21 September 1939) 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.[1][2] 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.

  1. ^ "Time to shake up Germany's economic institutes". Handelsblatt.
  2. ^ Kaiser, Tobias (21 September 2015). "Die besten Volkswirte der Welt sitzen in Kiel". Die Welt.

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