Simona Murmann studied economics at the University of Heidelberg and the Portland State University in Oregon until 2013. Since February 2014, she has been a researcher at ZEW's Research Department "Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics". In 2019 she graduated at the University of Luxembourg evaluating the effects of a reform of German insolvency law.
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Dörr, Julian Oliver, Georg Licht and Simona Christine Murmann (2021), Small firms and the COVID-19 insolvency gap, Small Business Economics. Download
Monographs, Contributions to Edited Volumes
Bersch, Johannes, Josefine Diekhof, Bastian Krieger, Georg Licht and Simona Christine Murmann (2019), Productivity Slowdown, Innovation and Industry Dynamics, in: Erik E. Lehmann, Max Keilbach Cham, 229-241.
Discussion and Working Papers
Dörr, Julian Oliver, Georg Licht and Simona Christine Murmann (2021), Corporate Insolvencies in Times of COVID-19, ZEW expert brief No. 21-04, Mannheim. Download
Dörr, Julian Oliver, Simona Christine Murmann and Georg Licht (2021), Small Firms and the COVID-19 Insolvency Gap, GROWINPRO Working Paper 2021/47. Download
Dörr, Julian Oliver, Simona Christine Murmann and Georg Licht (2021), The COVID-19 Insolvency Gap: First-Round Effects of Policy Responses on SMEs, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-018, Mannheim. Download
Bersch, Johannes, Josefine Diekhof, Bastian Krieger, Georg Licht and Simona Christine Murmann (2018), Falling Productivity Growth, Widening Productivity Gaps, ZEW policy brief No. 18-04, Mannheim. Download
Bersch, Johannes, Marius Berger and Simona Christine Murmann (2018), Unternehmensdynamik in der Wissenswirtschaft in Deutschland 2016, Gründungen und Schließungen von Unternehmen, Gründungsdynamik in den Bundesländern, Internationaler Vergleich, Wagniskapital-Investitionen in Deutschland und im internationalen Vergleich, Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem Nr. 3-2018, Berlin. Download
Bersch, Johannes, Sandra Gottschalk, Bettina Müller and Simona Christine Murmann (2016), Unternehmensdynamik in der Wissenswirtschaft in Deutschland 2014 - Gründungen und Schließungen von Unternehmen, Gründungsdynamik in den Bundesländern, Internationaler Vergleich, Akquisition von jungen Unternehmen als Innovationsstrategie, Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem Nr. 3-2016, Berlin. Download
Müller, Bettina, Simona Christine Murmann, Bruce Tether and Mickael Benaim (2014), A Review of the Existing Methodologies that use Extant Data-sources to Map and Measure the CCIs, CRE8TV Project Deliverable DEL: 1.0.2(R). Download
Expertises
Lubczyk, Moritz, Martin Murmann and Simona Christine Murmann (2020), Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf die Solo-Selbstständigkeit, Mindestlohnkommission c/o Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Mannheim. Download
Berger, Marius, Irene Bertschek, Wolfgang Briglauer, Verena Dutt, Birgit Gehrke, Friedrich Heinemann, Reinhold Kesler, Bastian Krieger, Moritz Lubczyk, Christian Rammer, Markus Trunschke, Simona Christine Murmann and Insa Weilage (2018), Structural Reform in Germany, 2013-2017, European Commission, Brussels. Download
Gottschalk, Sandra, Jürgen Egeln, Frank Herrmann, Silke Hupperts, Karsten Reuss, Mila Köhler, Johannes Bersch and Simona Christine Murmann (2016), Evaluation des Förderprogramms "INVEST – Zuschuss für Wagniskapital", Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi), Mannheim. Download
Bretz, Michael, Jürgen Egeln, Sandra Gottschalk, Martin Murmann, Michaela Niefert and Simona Christine Murmann (2015), Mannheimer Gründungspanel 2014, Mannheim. Download
Bertschek, Irene, Jörg Ohnemus, Daniel Erdsiek, Jan Hogrefe, Simone Kimpeler, Christian Rammer, Nina Schreiber, Erduana Shala and Simona Christine Murmann (2014), Monitoring zu ausgewählten wirtschaftlichen Eckdaten der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft 2013, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Berlin. Download
Gottschalk, Sandra, Michaela Niefert, Georg Licht, Simona Christine Murmann, Annegret Hauer, Detlef Keese and Michael Woywode (2014), Die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Familienunternehmen, Stiftung Familienunternehmen, München. Download
Research Reports
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Projects
Current Projects
- Project Duration 01.12.2020 - 31.01.2022The Effects of the National Minimum Wage on Competition
- Project Duration 01.07.2019 - 30.06.2022Business and Economic Research Data Center (BERD-Center)
- Project Duration 01.01.2011 - currentTime-series on Firm Formation Dynamics
- Project Duration 01.01.1992 - currentThe Mannheim Enterprise Panel
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.12.2018 - 03.06.2020Effects of the National Minimum Wage on Self-Employment
- Project Duration 01.02.2018 - 31.03.2019Firm Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy - Indicator Study 2019
- Project Duration 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2018Structural Reform in Germany, 2013-2017
- Project Duration 01.05.2017 - 31.12.2018Identification and Analysis of the Effect of Founding Angels on Start-ups
- Project Duration 01.11.2015 - 30.04.2016Evaluation of the BMWi Funding Program "INVEST – Grant for Venture Capital"
- Project Duration 15.06.2015 - 31.10.2015Evaluation of the Support Programme "ERP Capital for Start-up"
- Project Duration 01.06.2015 - 31.03.2016Firm Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy – Indicator Study 2016
- Project Duration 01.02.2015 - 31.01.2016The Role of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) for Research and Innovation in Germany
- Project Duration 15.12.2014 - 30.06.2015Engineers in Firms' Innovation Activities
- Project Duration 01.10.2014 - 31.03.2017Practices and Effects of Insolvency Procedures – An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Impacts of the Insolvency Reforms in Germany
- Project Duration 01.01.2014 - 30.09.2014The Economic Importance of Family Enterprises 2014
- Project Duration 01.07.2013 - 31.10.2015Socio-Economic Assessment of the Danube Region: State of the Region, Challenges and Strategy Development
- Project Duration 01.02.2013 - 30.04.2016Creativity for Innovation and Growth in Europe
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Research Stays
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Mines ParisTech, France
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10.2016
Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense University, France
EconomiX
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Mines ParisTech, France
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Advanced Researcher
