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Desarrollo y Sociedad

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ROCHA, Ricardo; SANCHEZ, Fabio  and  GARCIA, Leonardo. Street vendors and public space: The effects on commerce in Bogotá. Desarro. soc. [online]. 2009, n.63, pp.245-268. ISSN 0120-3584.

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 methodological strategy are raised and some public policy proposals to face the phenomenon are presented.

Keywords : public space; street vendors; informality; externalities; public space congestion.

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