The Journal of Banking and Finance is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on financial institutions, capital markets, and topics in investments and corporate finance. In 1989 the journal absorbed Studies in Banking & Finance. A 2011 study ranked it among six elite finance journals. It publishes theoretical and empirical research papers spanning all the major research fields in finance and banking. Geert Bekaert is currently the managing editor. See also Journal of Money, Credit and Banking References External links Elsevier academic journals English-language journals Finance journals Publications established in 1977 Monthly journals