Temporary shocks, consumption smoothing and economic adjustment: Sri Lanka, 1973-76

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dc.contributor.authorJayasuriya, Sisira
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-25T05:28:16Z
dc.date.available2023-04-25T05:28:16Z
dc.date.issued1994-07
dc.description.abstractMany trade and supply shocks are temporary and even quite large shocks have only relatively minor permanent income effects. If agents have access to well functioning capital markets and correctly anticipate that the shocks are temporary,then the permanent income hypothesis predicts that such shocks lead primarily to changes in saving rather than in expenditures. The ''Theory of construction booms'' hypothesises that the degree of international capital mobility influences the subsequent patterns of economic adjustment. This paper examines the impact of negative shocks during the 1973-76 period in Sri Lanka, and finds support for consumption smoothing behavior by private agents and more generally, for the predictions of the above theory.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn0858169797
dc.identifier.urihttp://econspace.ips.lk/handle/789/3669
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLatrobe Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion paper;No.A.94.10
dc.subjectTemporary shocksen_US
dc.subjectConsumption smoothingen_US
dc.subjecteconomic adjustmenten_US
dc.subjectSri Lankaen_US
dc.titleTemporary shocks, consumption smoothing and economic adjustment: Sri Lanka, 1973-76en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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