1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453279703321

Autore

Talmon-Heller Daniella

Titolo

Islamic piety in medieval Syria [[electronic resource] ] : mosques, cemeteries and sermons under the Zangids and Ayyūbids (1146-1260) / / by Daniella Talmon-Heller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92654-X

9786611926540

90-474-2284-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Jerusalem studies in religion and culture, , 1570-078X ; ; v. 7

Disciplina

297.09569/0902

Soggetti

Ayyubids

Islam - Customs and practices

Religious life - Islam

Electronic books.

Syria History 750-1260

Syria Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Extensively revised and expanded edition of the author's Hebrew Ph. D. thesis entitled: Dat ṿe-ḥevrah be-Suryah mi-Nur Aldin ṿe-ʻad la-kibush ha-Mongoli (1154-1260).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mosques in society -- Society in mosques -- Preachers (khaṭībs) and prayer leaders (imāms) -- The assembly of exhortation (majlis al-waʻẓ) -- The cemetery -- Shrines (mashhads and maqāmāt) -- Piety -- Impiety and religious dissent.

Sommario/riassunto

A study of religious thought and practice across a broad social spectrum, but within a well-defined historical context, this book is an interdisciplinary endeavor that incorporates the tools of philology, social-history and historical-anthropology. Focusing on the mosques, public assemblies, cemeteries and shrines of Syrian Muslims in the period of the crusades and the anti-Frankish jihad, the book describes and deciphers religious rites and experiences, liturgical calendars, spiritual leadership, and perceptions of impiety and dissent. Working from a perspective that breaks down the dichotomization of religion



into 'official' and 'popular,' it exposes the negotiation, construction and dissemination of hybrid forms of religious life. The result is an intimate and complex presentation of the texture of medieval Islamic piety.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957189103321

Autore

Lee Jungjin

Titolo

Evaluating Historical CGER Assessments : : How Well Have They Predicted Subsequent Exchange Rate Movements? / / Jungjin Lee, Abdul Abiad, Prakash Kannan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612842542

9781462393114

146239311X

9781452773285

1452773289

9781451871791

1451871791

9781282842540

1282842544

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (29 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

AbiadAbdul

KannanPrakash

Disciplina

339.267

Soggetti

Foreign exchange rates - Mathematical models

Foreign exchange

Currencies

Currency

Exchange rate assessments

Exchange rates

Foreign Exchange

Government and the Monetary System

Monetary economics

Monetary Systems

Money and Monetary Policy

Money

Payment Systems

Real effective exchange rates

Real exchange rates

Regimes



Standards

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; Box; 1. An Overview of CGER Exchange Rate Assessment Methodologies; II. Evaluating Misalignment Assessments for Advanced Economies; A. Mean Prediction Error; Figures; 1. Mean Prediction Error; B. Panel Regressions; Tables; 1. Panel Regression Results using Midpoint of CGER Assessment; 2. Panel Regression Results using MB Misalignment Estimate; C. Individual Country Diagnostics; 3. Evaluation Diagnostics using MB Estimates; 2. Scatterplots of Realized vs. Predicted Changes in REER; D. Evaluating Current Account Movements; 4. Panel Regression Results using CA Norm

III. Cross-Section Analysis of the Fall 2006 CGER Estimates5. Country Coverage of the Expanded CGER Exercise.; 3. Undconditional Scatterplots, 27 CGER Countries; 6. Regression Results using Midpoint of CGER Assessment; 4. Conditional Scatterplots using Midpoint of CGER Assessment; 7. Regression Results using Individual CGER Methodologies; IV. Conclusion; 8. Regression Results using Midpoint of CGER Assessment, Different Horizons.......; References; Appendices; 1. Pooled Regression Results; 2. Description of Diagnostic Statistics.; 3. Data Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

The IMF's Consultative Group on Exchange Rate issues (CGER) has been conducting exchange rate assessments as part of the surveillance process since 1997. This paper evaluates CGER assessments from 1997 to 2006, by comparing these to subsequent movements in real effective exchange rates (REER). We find that CGER's estimated misalignments have predictive power over future REER movements, especially over longer horizons and after changes in fundamentals are accounted for. But while CGER misalignments frequently predict the direction of currency movements correctly, misalignments have tended to be persistent, resulting in systematic errors-overprediction for undervalued currencies and underprediction for overvalued currencies.