Acknowledgements

The second part of the EU Regular Economic Report 7 was produced by the following core team: Emilia Skrok, Mona Prasad, Dirk Heine (co-TTLs); Paulina Holda, Ira Dorband, Christian Schoder, Stephen Stretton, Karlygash Zhunussova, Paulina Schulz Antipa, Helene Naegele, Joao Braga, Erika Jorgensen, Matija Laco, Reena Badiani-Magnusson and Anna Karpets.

Background papers were prepared by the following: Mikael S. Andersen (Professor, Aaarhus University) on carbon taxes; Ipek Gencsu (Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute) on fossil fuel subsidies; and Ludwik Kotecki (Economic Advisor to the Senate Speaker and former Deputy Finance Minister, Poland) on green public investment.

Managerial guidance and direction were provided by Gallina Andronova Vincelette (Country Director, EU Member States), Lalita Moorty (Regional Director, Europe and Central Asia), Jasmin Chakeri (Practice Manager, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, Europe and Central Asia) and Chiara Bronchi (Practice Manager, Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice). The peer reviewers were Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster and David Stephen Knight.