vars with prefix s_ are from Shambaugh, QJE, Feb 2004:301-352
vars with prefix bb_ are from Broz, IO 56(4):863-889 but with some extra vars (brozdata.dta)
vars with prefix b_ are from Broz, IO 56(4):863-889 (xrate.dta)
Data from The Effects of Fixed Exchange Rates on Monetary Policy by Jay C. Shambaugh, Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 2004, pp 301-52.
Polity IV data downloaded on 6/4/2006
Data for the replication of the statistical results in Lawrence Broz. 2002. Political System Transparency and Monetary Commitment Regimes. IO 56(4):863-889.