Ventas callejeras y espacio público: efectos sobre el comercio de Bogotá

Ventas callejeras y espacio publico:
efectos sobre el comercio de Bogota
Ricardo Rocha, Fabio Sanchez y Leonardo Garda

exhiben reducida escala y baja rivalidad espacial. Las estimaciones
realizadas muestran el impacto negativo de la congestion del espacio
publico ocasionada por los vendedores callejeros sobre las ventas y
el empleo del comercio establecido. Se llevan a cabo simulaciones de
los efectos de una reduccion en las ventas callejeras, que senalan que
aunque las ventas callejeras son tan solo 2% del total en los cuatro ejes
analizados, reducen en 14% y 16% las ventas y el empleo del comercio
establecido, respectivamente. Finalmente, se ponen de presente algunas
limitaciones de la estrategia metodologica y se presentan propuestas
para la poHtica publica para enfrentar el fenomeno.

Palabras clave: espacio publico, ventas callejeras, informalidad, ex-
ternalidades, congestion.

Clasificacion JEL : R41, H41.

Abstract

The present paper attempts to measure empirically the externalities
generated by the street vendors in four zones of the city. Given the
lack of information censuses and surveys were carried out during
December of 2004 and January 2005. The descriptive statistics show
that the established commerce is less formal than expected; whereas
the street vendors are mostly stationary, exhibit reduced scale and low
space rivalry. The econometric estimations show that the congestion
of the public space generated by street vendors has a negative impact
on both sales and employment of established retail commerce. The
simulations of a reduction of street vendors pinpoint that although
street sales account for just 2% of total sales in the four areas under
study, they reduce 14% and 16% sales and employment of formal retail
commerce respectively. Finally, some limitations of the methodolo-
gical strategy are raised and some public policy proposals to face the
phenomenon are presented.

Key words: public space, street vendors, informality, externalities,
public space congestion.

JEL Classification: R41, H41.

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