Dominique Torre LATAPSES-CNRS, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis   250 Bd. A. EINSTEIN VALBONNE, O6560 France   torre@idefi.cnrs.fr     Biographical Sketch: I am professor of Economics at the University of Nice -Sophiq Antipolis. My main concerns are : - monetary theory (money and search, monetary policy, Central Banking), applied monetary topics (Currency Boards, Monetary history, Gold standard) - microeconomices of the Internet - History of Economics Thought - Finance       JEL Areas: E0 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General D0 : Microeconomics: General