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¿Realmente bajan los precios durante el Buen Fin?

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  • Campos Vázquez, Raymundo Campos M.

    (El Colegio de México)

  • Medina Cortina, Eduardo M.

    (El Colegio de México)

Abstract

Background. The Buen Fin is a commercial annual event consisting of four days of promotions and sales of products and services during the third week of November in Mexico. The event has gradually increased in relevance since its first edition in 2011. However, there is no formal analysis that assess the effect of the event on prices, mainly because of the lack of relevant information. Methods. This article analyzes the pricing policy during the Buen Fin in Mexico for a sample of urban establishments in the country. Using the database “Who’s Who in prices?” of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency, an unbalanced panel of weekly prices for electronic products in 525 establishments during 2010-2015 is built. An event study design is further implemented in order to analyze the effects of the Buen Fin over average and specific prices of products and establishments and over the strategic pricing policies from participating companies. Results. The Buen Fin reduces the average prices of electronics items in 7% when compared with the prices observed in September before the event. Only 52% of the products in the sample effectively reduced their prices during the event. Accounting only for discounted products, an average discount of 15% is observed. There is also evidence of a systematic increase in electronic prices weeks before the event, on average, 2%; some establishments have adopted practices to make discounts more salient for consumers. Conclusions. The Buen Fin cannot be considered as an event of widespread sales and discounts. The discounts offered by different chains have significant differences. In some cases, several establishments have taken strategic practices to make more evident the deals offered during the event.// Antecedentes. El Buen Fin es un evento comercial de periodicidad anual que consiste en cuatro días de promoción y rebajas de productos y servicios durante la tercera semana del mes de noviembre en México. El evento ha incrementado su relevancia desde su primera edición en 2011. Sin embargo, no existe un análisis formal que evalúe el efecto del Buen Fin sobre los precios y las políticas de fijación de precios de las empresas, principalmente debido a la falta de información relevante. Métodos. Este artículo analiza la fijación de precios durante el Buen Fin para una muestra de establecimientos ubicados en áreas urbanas del país. Empleando la base de datos ¿Quién es quién en los precios? de la Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (Profeco) se construye un panel no balanceado de precios semanales de productos electrónicos para 525 establecimientos durante 2010-2015. Posteriormente, se utiliza la metodología de estudio de eventos para analizar los efectos del Buen Fin en el nivel de precios promedio y en los precios específicos por producto y por cadena. Adicionalmente, se analizan las políticas de fijación estratégica de precios para las empresas participantes. Resultados. El Buen Fin reduce en promedio 7% los precios con respecto al precio observado en septiembre antes del evento. Sólo 52% de los productos analizados reduce efectivamente su precio en el Buen Fin. Restringiendo el análisis a productos descontados, se obtiene un descuento promedio de 15%. El aumento promedio de precios antes del evento es de 2%, evidencia de que algunos establecimientos han adoptado prácticas para hacer más evidentes las ofertas del Buen Fin. Conclusión. El Buen Fin no puede ser considerado como un evento de baja generalizada de precios. Los descuentos ofrecidos por distintas cadenas tienen diferencias considerables. En algunos casos, diversos establecimientos han adoptado prácticas estratégicas que permiten hacer más evidentes las ofertas ofrecidas durante el evento.

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  • Campos Vázquez, Raymundo Campos M. & Medina Cortina, Eduardo M., 2017. "¿Realmente bajan los precios durante el Buen Fin?," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(334), pages .337-382, abril-jun.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:84:y:2017:i:334:p:337-382
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v84i334.304
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    Keywords

    precios; estudio de eventos establecimientos; Buen Fin; México;
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    JEL classification:

    • E30 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • E39 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Other
    • L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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