Download or read book Dynamic Response to Foreign Transfers and Terms-of-trade Shocks in Open Economies written by Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both permanent and transitory disturbances can change long- run capacity and output -- although they may have opposite effects on the current account. Liquidity constraints and wage rigidities tend to amplify the cyclical adjustment to external shocks.