Kaloyan Staykov – Chief Economist
Kaloyan Staykov is a Chief Economist at the Energy Management Institute since July 2021.
Prior to that, for ten years he is a distinguishable analyst at the expert structure of the Institute for Market Economics where he is working on analysis in the fields of public finances, energy, health care. Prior to joining the IME team, he worked as an economist at the Center for Economic Development.
He is part of a group of experts and economists who have been pushing for years for increased competition in the energy sector towards its full liberalization. He is the author of a number of publications and analyzes in this direction, including: “Integration of electricity producers with long-term contracts on the market” and “Regulatory policy in the electricity sector in 2013 – contrary to regulations and common sense.”
He is part of the author’s team, which prepared the book Anatomy of the Crisis, published in 2015, with a focus on the development of the public finances during and after the economic crisis. In 2017, he was part of the team that prepared the book Flat Tax in Bulgaria: Background, Introduction and Results, with a focus on the policy in the field of corporate taxation. In recent years he has been involved in the preparation and presentation of IME’s annual “Alternative State Budget”.
He is a member, and the vise-chair of the board, of the Bulgarian Macroeconomic Association. A PhD student at the Economics Faculty of Sofia University St. Climent Ohridski. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Management in Energy, Infrastructure and Utilities and holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Economics and Business with Finance Specialization from Amsterdam University, The Netherlands.
