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...

Improves our understanding of the determinants of well-being in Latin America using a broad "quality-of-life" concept that challenges standard assumptions in economics, including those about the relationship between happiness and income. Builds upon new economic approaches related to the study...