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Carlo Stagnaro

Carlo Stagnaro is research and studies director at Istituto Bruno Leoni, an Italian think tank he helped found.

His research focuses on energy economics, competition policy, the economic regulation of public services, innovation, and liberalization. He also teaches energy management at MIB Trieste School of Management and is a member of the Institute of Economic Affairs’ Academic Advisory Council and a fellow of the Italian Observatory on Energy Poverty at the University of Padua’s Levi-Cases Center.

Before returning to Istituto Bruno Leoni, Stagnaro held several senior positions at Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development, including chief of the minister’s technical staff, head of the minister’s secretariat, and assistant to the undersecretary for competition.

Stagnaro is co-author of "Contro il sovranismo economico" and author of "Power Cut? How the EU Is Pulling the Plug on Electricity Markets." He also edited "Cosa succede se usciamo dall’euro?" and has long edited the Index of Liberalization, a benchmarking report on market openness across European Union member states. He serves on the editorial boards of Energia and Aspenia and is an economic columnist for Il Foglio and Il Secolo XIX.

Stagnaro earned a Ph.D. in economics from IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca and a degree in environmental engineering from the University of Genoa.