Ambre Maucorps

Ambre Maucorps
Economist

email: maucorps@wiiw.ac.at
telephone: (+43-1) 533 66 10-43

Ambre Maucorps is Economist at wiiw. Her research focuses on the EU regional policy. She has contributed to and also led several EU-wide evaluations, impact assessments and research studies on the effects of EU funding (ERDF, EAFRD, etc.) on regional economic development, including in a cross-border context. From her academic background and professional experience, she acquired strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills. Ambre Maucorps holds a Degree of Engineering (with a major in Economics) from the Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France, as well as a M.A. degree in European Economics from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, and has worked in Brussels, London and Vienna.

Austria, Vienna

List of Publications

External Publications wiiw Publications

External Publications

Articles in refereed journals
  • 'The Impact of the Green and Digital Transition on Regional Cohesion in Europe' (with Roman Römisch, Thomas Schwab and Nina Vujanović), Intereconomics, Volume 58, Number 2, 2023, pp. 102–110
Other working papers and discussion series
  • 'Cohesion Policy in the Outermost Regions' (with Mário José Amaral Fortuna, Philippe Jean-Pierre, Tomás Lopes Cavalheiro Ponce Dentinho, Sergio Moreno Gil and Patricia Picazo Peral), European Parliament, REGI Committee, Study, January 2024
  • 'The use of Cohesion Policy funds to support refugees from Ukraine' (with Chiara Castelli, Grzegorz Gorzelak, Kristjan Kaldur, Maria Khrapunenko, Bernhard Moshammer, Olga Pindyuk, Maryna Tverdostup and Zuzana Zavarská), European Parliament, Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Research for REGI Committee, May 2023
  • 'New EU own resources: possibilities and limitations of steering effects and sectoral policy co-benefits' (with Philipp Heimberger, Mario Holzner, Niko Korpar, Bernhard Moshammer, Danuše Nerudová, Margit Schratzenstaller and Veronika Solilová), in: Mirari Uriarte Iraola (eds), European Parliament, Policy Department for Budgetary Affairs Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Study, PE 731.895, March 2022
  • 'Evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy's impact on territorial development of rural areas: socio-economic aspects' (with ADE, CCRI, CREA and ÖIR), European Commission, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, 2019-2020
  • 'The EU farming employment: current challenges and future prospects' (with CCRI, Red2Red Consultores and University of Tuscia and ÖIR), European Parliament, Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies, 2019

wiiw Publications

wiiw Monthly Reports
  • 'EU enlargement and climate neutrality: taking up the twofold challenge of economic and environmental convergence' (with Alexandre Bernier), in: Vasily Astrov (eds), Monthly Report No. 4/2025, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 4, Vienna, April 2025, pp. 12-21
  • 'Chart of the month: Economic convergence of EU-CEE and EU candidate countries', in: Vasily Astrov (eds), Monthly Report No. 3/2024, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 3, Vienna, March 2024, pp. 7-8
  • 'European integration? How borders (still) matter for the development of EU regions', in: Vasily Astrov (eds), Monthly Report No. 9/2023, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 9, Vienna, September 2023, pp. 21-27
  • 'Phasing out coal? A challenge to European territorial cohesion in times of energy crisis', in: Vasily Astrov (eds), Monthly Report No. 09/2022, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 9, Vienna, September 2022, pp. 18-22
  • 'Chart of the month: The role of capital regions in CESEE', in: Vasily Astrov (eds), Monthly Report No. 06/2022, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 6, Vienna, June 2022, pp. 7-8
  • 'The European Green Deal and agriculture: are EU regional farming systems ready for the green transition?', Monthly Report No. 12/2020, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 12, Vienna, December 2020, pp. 18-25
  • 'Chart of the month: Economic growth and carbon emissions in CESEE countries', Monthly Report No. 12/2020, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 12, Vienna, December 2020, pp. 7-8
wiiw Research Reports
  • 'The Future of EU Cohesion - Effects of the Twin Transition on Disparities across European Regions' (with Roman Römisch, Thomas Schwab and Nina Vujanović), Bertelsmann Stiftung (eds), wiiw Research Report, No. 467, Vienna, May 2023
wiiw Working Papers
  • 'The Effects of the EU Cohesion Policy on Regional Economic Growth: Using Structural Equation Modelling for Impact Assessment' (with Stefan Jestl and Roman Römisch), wiiw Working Paper, No. 185, Vienna, August 2020
wiiw Opinion Pieces
  • 'European integration? How borders (still) matter for the development of EU regions', wiiw Opinion Piece, Vienna, October 2023
  • 'Green and digital transformation will widen the gap between poor and rich regions in the EU' (with Roman Römisch and Nina Vujanović), wiiw Opinion Piece, Vienna, June 2023
  • 'Phasing out coal?', wiiw Opinion Piece, Vienna, October 2022
Other wiiw publications
  • 'Ukraine’s economic reconstruction - Addressing territorial inequalities, consolidating regional policy and reaping the benefits of EU integration' (with Artem Kochnev, Miriam Kosmehl, Michael Landesmann, Bernhard Moshammer and Stefani Weiss), Joint Study , No. 2023-12, Vienna, December 2023
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