In the IPF Notes, Katarina Ott has published the analysis Functional and sustainable local self-government in the Croatian National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021-2026.

In the new issue of Public Sector Economics Velma Pijalović, Lejla Lazović-Pita, Almir Peštek, Danijela Martinović and Ademir Abdić in the article Pension reform in (F)BH with a special focus on gender issue analyse legal changes and requirements that affect retirement conditions and retirement rights for women in BH. Tony Kinder and Jari Stenvall in the article Public value and public services in the post-virus economy consider how might the economic change resulting from the virus crisis impact public value and public management. Stefan Jestl in the article Inheritance tax regimes: a comparison provides an overview of different inheritance tax systems based on a set of selected European countries as well as the US, and by identifying different economic effects emanating from these systems. Christos Papageorgiou, Panagiotis Farlekas, Zacharias Dermatis, Athanasios Anastasiou and Panagiotis Liargovas in the article Assessing the impact of excise duties on a state’s revenues: the case of Greece estimate the effect of excise duties on tobacco products on government revenues in the EU and specifically in Greece.

In the IPF Notes, Marijana Bađun presented her analysis Pension system in the Recovery and Resilience Plan in which she commented changes of the pension system provided in the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Croatia.