Architecture, astronomy and sacred landscape in ancient Egypt / / Giulio Magli [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452772603321
• Autore: Magli Giulio <1964->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-107-24164-2; 1-139-89140-5; 1-107-24784-5; 1-107-25116-8; 1-107-24867-1; 1-139-42455-6; 1-107-25033-1; 1-107-24950-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 932/.01
• Soggetti: Architecture, Egyptian; Archaeoastronomy - Egypt; Egypt Religion; Egypt History 332-30 B.C; Egypt Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A land for eternity -- A king who looks at the stars -- The lords of the horizon -- A mirage from Heliopolis -- Sons of the sun god -- The lost pyramid -- Renaissance at the winter solstice -- A valley for the kings -- The Horizon of the Aten -- The last of the greats.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history, focusing on the fundamental role of astronomy in the creation of the pyramids and the monumental temple and burial complexes. Bringing to bear the analytical tools of archaeoastronomy, a set of techniques and methods that enable modern scholars to better understand the thought, religion and science of early civilizations, Giulio Magli provides in-depth ; analyses of the pyramid complexes at Giza, Abusir, Saqqara and Dahshur, as well as of the Early Dynastic necropolis at Abydos and the magnificent new Kingdom Theban temples. Using a variety of data retrieved from study of the sky and measurements of the buildings, he reconstructs the visual, symbolic and spiritual world of the ancient Egyptians and thereby establishes an intimate relationship among celestial cycles, topography and architecture. He also shows how they were deployed in the ideology of the pharaoh's power in the course of Egyptian history.

Intertwined Sovereign and Bank Solvencies in a Model of Self-Fulfilling Crisis / / Gustavo Adler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786484403321
• Autore: Adler Gustavo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-4755-2939-2; 1-4755-4841-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (30 p.)
• Collana: IMF Working Papers; IMF working paper ; ; WP/12/178
• Soggetti: Financial crises; Banks and banking; Banks and Banking; Financial Risk Management; Money and Monetary Policy; Public Finance; Industries: Financial Services; Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy; Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers; Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy; Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages; Financial Crises; Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General; Pension Funds; Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors; Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt; Banking; Economic & financial crises & disasters; Monetary economics; Finance; Public finance & taxation; Nonbank financial institutions; Domestic debt; Money; Financial institutions; Public debt; Financial services industry; Debts, Public; Argentina
• 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: Cover; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Model; 2.1 Households; 2.2 Domestic Financial Intermediaries; 2.3 Firms; 2.4 Government; 2.5 A Competitive Equilibrium; 2.6 A Sustainable Debt Equilibrium; 2.7 A Self-Fulfilling Crisis; 3. Discussion; 3.1 Senior Debt Structure; 3.2 Capital Requirements; 3.3 Public Recapitalization; 4. Conclussions; Figures; 1. Equilibria at Time t; 2. Equilibria with Different Levels of Domestic Debt; 3. Probability of Crisis and Effect on Prices, Private Credit and Output; Appendix; References
• Sommario/riassunto: Large fiscal financing needs, both in advanced and emerging market economies, have often been met by borrowing heavily from domestic banks. As public debt approached sustainability limits in a number of countries, however, high bank exposure to sovereign risk created a fragile inter-dependence between fiscal and bank solvency. This paper presents a simple model of twin (sovereign and banking) crisis that stresses how this interdependence creates conditions conducive to a self-fulfilling crisis.