Small money, big problems: how an investigation on small Latin American republics shaped the financial market for sovereign debt in the 19th century

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Autor(a) principal: Miranda,José Augusto Ribas
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro)
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Resumo: Abstract In 1875 the British Parliament set up a Committee to investigate frauds on loans underwritten by British and French banks to the Republics of Honduras, Costa Rica, Santo Domingo and Paraguay, reaching an amount of £12 million. The reports of the Committee and the press coverage issue revealed financial malpractices by banks and diplomats in order to induce millionaire defaults at expense of the bondholders, whilst the loan agents were living in luxuriant mansions in southern France. After the investigation, these shoddy practices were exposed to the public, reshaping the loan business for the rest of the century.
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title Small money, big problems: how an investigation on small Latin American republics shaped the financial market for sovereign debt in the 19th century
spellingShingle Small money, big problems: how an investigation on small Latin American republics shaped the financial market for sovereign debt in the 19th century
Miranda,José Augusto Ribas
Latin America
high finance
corruption
title_short Small money, big problems: how an investigation on small Latin American republics shaped the financial market for sovereign debt in the 19th century
title_full Small money, big problems: how an investigation on small Latin American republics shaped the financial market for sovereign debt in the 19th century
title_fullStr Small money, big problems: how an investigation on small Latin American republics shaped the financial market for sovereign debt in the 19th century
title_full_unstemmed Small money, big problems: how an investigation on small Latin American republics shaped the financial market for sovereign debt in the 19th century
title_sort Small money, big problems: how an investigation on small Latin American republics shaped the financial market for sovereign debt in the 19th century
author Miranda,José Augusto Ribas
author_facet Miranda,José Augusto Ribas
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Miranda,José Augusto Ribas
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Latin America
high finance
corruption
topic Latin America
high finance
corruption
description Abstract In 1875 the British Parliament set up a Committee to investigate frauds on loans underwritten by British and French banks to the Republics of Honduras, Costa Rica, Santo Domingo and Paraguay, reaching an amount of £12 million. The reports of the Committee and the press coverage issue revealed financial malpractices by banks and diplomats in order to induce millionaire defaults at expense of the bondholders, whilst the loan agents were living in luxuriant mansions in southern France. After the investigation, these shoddy practices were exposed to the public, reshaping the loan business for the rest of the century.
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