In the new issue of Public Sector Economics Mislav Brkić explains how sound initial macroeconomic fundamentals enabled the Croatian authorities to deploy a wide range of measures to restore stability in key financial markets and support households and corporations negatively affected by the pandemic crisis. Martina Balážová, Daniel Klimovský, Mária Murray Svidroňová and Juraj Nemec analyse combining budgetary innovations at the local level and identify the key political factors influencing the spread and durability of participatory budgeting in Slovakia. Tatiana Vinogradova explores the relevance of environmental problems for Russians, and analyses public participation in environmental policy-making with a focus on budgeting in Russia. Tuğay Günel and Irem Didinmez investigate the interaction effect of governance factors and economic development on tax revenue in 59 countries using the panel data method – namely, whether the effect of the rule of law on tax revenue changes depending on the economic development of a country. Abbas Khandan explores the relationship between lobbying and bribery and the effect of externalities that are present in these two rent-seeking strategies. Predrag Bejaković reviews the book EU Socio-Economic Governance in Central and Eastern Europe – The European Semester and National Employment Policies by Mario Munta.