Professor Dr. Elisabeth Müller is research associate at ZEW. She works in close cooperation with the Research Department "Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics".
Research associates usually function as co-managers of research projects at ZEW. They also supervise dissertations of ZEW's employees and, in addition, get involved in creating or maintaining major ZEW research focuses.
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2019), Measuring China's Patent Quality: Development and Validation of ISR Indices, China Economic Review 57. Download
Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2016), Measuring Patent Quality in Cross-country Comparison, Economics Letters 149, 145-147.
Böing, Philipp, Elisabeth Müller and Philipp Sandner (2016), China's R&D Explosion - Analyzing Productivity Effects Across Ownership Types and Over Time, Research Policy 45(2016), 159-176.
Müller, Elisabeth (2014), Entrepreneurs from Low-Skilled Immigrant Groups in Knowledge-intensive Industries – Company Characteristics, Survival and Innovative Performance, Small Business Economics 42(4), 871-889.
Harhoff, Dietmar, Elisabeth Müller and John van Reenen (2014), What are the Channels for Technology Sourcing? – Panel Data Evidence from German Companies, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 23(1), 204-224.
Häussler, Carolin, Dietmar Harhoff and Elisabeth Müller (2014), How Patenting Informs VC Investors – the Case of Biotechnology, Research Policy 43(8), 1286-1298.
Müller, Elisabeth, Iain Cockburn and Megan MacGarvie (2013), Access to Intellectual Property for Innovation: Evidence on Problems and Coping Strategies from German Firms, Research Policy 42(2), 529-541.
Müller, Elisabeth and Frank Reize (2013), Loan Availability and Investment – Can Innovative Companies Better Cope with Loan Denials?, Applied Economics 45(36), 5001-5011.
Müller, Elisabeth (2011), Returns to Private Equity - Idiosyncratic Risk Does Matter!, Review of Finance Vol. 15(3), 545-574.
Cockburn, Iain M., Megan J. MacGarvie and Elisabeth Müller (2010), Patent Thickets, Licensing and Innovative Performance, Industrial and Corporate Change 19 (3), 899-925.
Blind, Knut, Katrin Cremers and Elisabeth Müller (2009), The Influence of Strategic Patenting on Companies' Patent Portfolios, Research Policy 38(2), 428-436.
Müller, Elisabeth and Volker Zimmermann (2009), The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity - Are There Differences Between Young and Old Companies?, Small Business Economics 33(3), 303-318.
Müller, Elisabeth (2008), How Does Owners' Exposure to Idiosyncratic Risk Influence the Capital Structure of Private Companies?, Journal of Empirical Finance 15(2), 185-198.
Müller, Elisabeth (2008), Benefits of Control, Capital Structure and Company Growth, Applied Economics Volume 40, Issue 21, 2721 - 2734.
Müller, Elisabeth and Alexandra Spitz-Oener (2006), Managerial Ownership and Company Performance in German Small and Medium-Sized Private Enterprises, German Economic Review 7(2), 233-247.
Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
Häussler, Carolin, Dietmar Harhoff and Elisabeth Müller (2008), The Role of Patents for VC Financing, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2008 (FER), Babson College, Massachusetts, USA, 78-93.
Müller, Elisabeth and Volker Zimmermann (2008), Die Bedeutung der Finanzierungsstruktur für die Durchführung von Forschung und Entwicklung bei jungen technologieintensiven Unternehmen, KfW Research Mittelstands- und Strukturpolitik 41, 27-52.
Müller, Elisabeth and Alexandra Spitz-Oener (2002), Do Owners Make Good Managers?, Centre Piece, Centre for Economic Performance, Vol. 7, Issue 2, 25-27.
Monographs, Contributions to Edited Volumes
Müller, Elisabeth and Frank Reize (2010), Finanzierung von Innovationen in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen, in: Kollmer-von Oheimb-Loup, Gerd und Jochen Streb Stuttgarter historische Studien zur Landes- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Vol. 15, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern, 155-168.
Heine, Christoph, Jürgen Egeln, Christian Kerst, Elisabeth Müller and Sang-Min Park (2006), Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften: Traumfach oder Albtraum?, Vol. 81, Nomos, Baden-Baden.
Rammer, Christian, Dr. Volker Zimmermann, Elisabeth Müller, Diana Heger, Birgit Aschhoff and Dr. Frank Reize (2006), Innovationspotenziale von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen, Vol. 79, Nomos, Baden-Baden.
Discussion and Working Papers
Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2019), Measuring China’s Patent Quality: Development and Validation of ISR Indices, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-017, Mannheim. Download
Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2016), Measuring Patent Quality and National Technological Capacity in Cross-Country Comparison, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-048, Mannheim. Download
Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2015), Measuring Patent Quality in International Comparison – Index Development and Application to China, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-051, Mannheim. Download
Böing, Philipp, Elisabeth Müller and Philipp Sandner (2015), China's R&D Explosion – Analyzing Productivity Effects Across Ownership Types and Over Time, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-006, Mannheim, published in: Research Policy. Download
Müller, Elisabeth (2011), Entrepreneurs from Low-Skilled Immigrant Groups in Knowledge-intensive Industries – Company Characteristics, Survival and Innovative Performance, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-030, Mannheim, published in: Small Business Economics. Download
Müller, Elisabeth and Frank Reize (2010), Loan Availability and Investment – Can Innovative Companies Better Cope with Loan Denials?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-025, Mannheim, published in: Applied Economics. Download
Haeussler, Carolin, Dietmar Harhoff and Elisabeth Müller (2009), To Be Financed or Not… – The Role of Patents for Venture Capital Financing, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-003, Mannheim, published in: Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. Download
Häussler, Carolin, Dietmar Harhoff and Elisabeth Müller (2009), To Be Financed or Not ... - The Role of Patents for Venture Capital Financing, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 7115, London.
Cockburn, Iain M., Megan J. MacGarvie and Elisabeth Müller (2008), Patent Thickets, Licensing and Innovative Performance, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-101, Mannheim, published in: Industrial and Corporate Change. Download
Blind, Knut, Katrin Cremers and Elisabeth Müller (2007), The Influence of Strategic Patenting on Companies' Patent Portfolios, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-013, Mannheim, published in: Research Policy. Download
Müller, Elisabeth and Volker Zimmermann (2006), The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity – Are There Differences Between Young and Old Companies?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-014, Mannheim, published in: Small Business Economics. Download
Heine, Christoph, Jürgen Egeln, Christian Kerst, Elisabeth Müller and Sang-Min Park (2006), Bestimmungsgründe für die Wahl von ingenieur- und naturwissenschaftlichen Studiengängen, ZEW-Dokumentation No. 06-02, Mannheim. Download
Müller, Elisabeth (2005), How Does Owners' Exposure to Idiosyncratic Risk Influence the Capital Structure of Private Companies?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-14, Mannheim, published in: Journal of Empirical Finance. Download
Müller, Elisabeth (2005), Benefits of Control, Capital Structure and Company Growth, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-55, Mannheim, published in: Applied Economics Volume. Download
Müller, Elisabeth (2004), Returns to Private Equity – Idiosyncratic Risk Does Matter!, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-29, Mannheim, published in: Review of Finance. Download
Müller, Elisabeth and Alexandra Spitz-Oener (2001), Managerial Ownership and Firm Performance in German Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-72, Mannheim. Download
Expertises
Czarnitzki, Dirk, Andreas Fier, Oliver Heneric, Katrin Hussinger, Georg Licht, Elisabeth Müller and Wolfgang Sofka (2004), European competitiveness report 2004, European Commission, Brussels. Download
Research Reports
- ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen
Projects
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.05.2009 - 31.07.2010Innovation, Competition and the Market Structure of the Market for Technology
- Project Duration 01.10.2007 - 30.09.2011Science and Technology Research in a Knowledge-based Economy (STRIKE)
- Project Duration 01.07.2006 - 30.06.2009Explaining Productivity Growth in Europe, America and Asia
- Project Duration 01.09.2005 - 31.12.2008Availability of External Capital and Employment Growth
- Project Duration 01.09.2005 - 30.09.2009Inventor Mobility, Knowledge Flows and Firm Productivity
- Project Duration 01.06.2004 - 15.07.2005Innovation in SMEs: Potentials and Barriers in Different Groups of SMEs
- Project Duration 01.05.2004 - 30.06.2005Motives for the selection of natural sciences and engineering subjects at Universities
- Project Duration 01.01.2004 - 31.10.2004European Productivity, Innovation and Public Sector R&D
Function
Research Associate