Senior Economist and Policy Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Carlos E. J. M. Zarazaga is senior economist and policy advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota. He has served as an economist at the Central Bank of Argentina and at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He has taught courses at a graduate level in the Department of Economics at the University of Minnesota and undergraduate courses in the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

His current research interests include the study of the consequences of different institutional arrangements and information structures on the outcome of alternative monetary regimes (currency boards, dollarization, common currency areas) and economic growth. He participates regularly in academic and policymaking forums, where he presents his research and policy papers, some of which have been published in books, Dallas Fed publications and professional refereed journals.