History and analysis of European monetary integration and related economic, financial, monetary, and international political issues: an accesible guide.This history and analysis of the euro and the European Central Bank traces the process of European monetary integration from its beginnings as a...

Dollarization : a primer / Eduardo Levy Yeyati and Federico Sturzenegger -- Dollarization : analytical issues / Roberto Chang and Andrés Velasco -- Using balance sheet data to identify sovereign default and devaluation risk / Pablo Andrés Neumeyer and Juan Pablo Nicolini -- Dollarization and...

A formal model of the appointment process -- Estimating monetary policy preferences -- Empirically testing the model's predictions -- Appointments to the European Central Bank -- The origins of the Federal Reserve appointment process -- Conclusions