Seppo Honkapohja is Professor of International Macroeconomics at the University of Cambridge and a member of the Board of the Bank of Finland.

Erkki A. Koskela is Professor of Public Economics at the University of Helsinki and Academy Professor of Economics at the Academy of Finland.

Willi Leibfritz worked with the OECD from 2001 to 2007, retiring as Head of Division in the Economics Department.

Roope Uusitalo is Research Director at Finland's Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT).