International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB)

The International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB) is an initiative of the central banking community.

Published quarterly, the journal features articles on central bank theory and practice, with a special emphasis on research relating to monetary and financial stability. The main objectives of the International Journal of Central Banking are:

• to disseminate widely the best policy-relevant and applied research that reflects the missions of central banks around the world across a range of disciplines; and
• to promote communication amongst researchers both inside and outside of central banks.

The latest issue of the International Journal of Central Banking, March 2008, features the following highlights:

An Empirical Evaluation of Structural Credit-Risk Models

  by Nikola A. Tarashev

Inflation Targets as Focal Points

  by Maria Demertzis and Nicola Viegi

Transaction Pricing and the Adoption of Electronic Payments: A Cross-Country Comparison

  by Wilko Bolt, David Humphrey and Roland Uittenbogaard

Using Securities Market Information for Bank Supervisory Monitoring

  by John Krainer and Jose A. Lopez

Capital Regulation and Banks' Financial Decisions

  by Haibin Zhu

Preference Heterogeneity in Monetary Policy Committees

  by Alessandro Riboni and Francisco J. Ruge-Murcia