We propose an easy-to-implement conditional currency carry trade (CT) strategy that excludes regimes for which UIP is likely to hold, namely when interest rate differentials (IRDs) are very large during high foreign exchange (FX) volatility regimes. We find that conditioning a CT strategy on...

This paper examines whether the effect of fiscal policy on output depends on the size of the financial sector. We find that this relation depends on the level of economic development. In developing countries, fiscal multipliers are higher when the financial sector is larger. The opposite is true...