Revista Estudios ISSN Impreso: 1659-1925 ISSN electrónico: 1659-3316

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The great panic: the bankruptcy of finance companies in Costa Rica in the eighties
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Keywords

financial companies; crisis; economic history; eighties; Costa Rica
empresas financieras; crisis; historia económica; años ochenta; Costa Rica

How to Cite

Agüero García, J. (2021). The great panic: the bankruptcy of finance companies in Costa Rica in the eighties. Revista Estudios, (43), 118–156. https://doi.org/10.15517/re.v0i43.49322

Abstract

This current situation study, based on a review of journalistic sources, addresses, from a perspective of the recent past, a set of episodes that generated a panic that invaded the Costa Rican population as a result of the bankruptcy of financial companies from 1987; private entities in charge of attracting resources from savers who were paid hefty interest above those offered by public banks. First, a contextualization of the decade is elaborated, to recognize the particularities of the eighties; secondly, the characterization of the advertising of these businesses is given, in order to know the main focuses for attracting savers. Finally, the series of company bankruptcies is analyzed, in order to identify the main milestones, typical of the stock market crash. It concludes with the recognition of a tremendously complex situation, immersed in the last part of the eighties.

https://doi.org/10.15517/re.v0i43.49322
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