Modelling urban population density in a multi-centered city.

Modelling the geographic distribution of urban population densities has been attempted in several ways. Recently a controversy emerged in the Journal of Urban Economics regarding whether or not calibrations of these models render unbiased parameter estimates. Three sources of bias were dealt with in these discussions, namely (1) model specification error, (2) the estimation procedure employed, and (3) the definition of areal unit observation size. Additional sources of bias overlooked in this controversy include the presence of multiple centers in a city, and the existence of externalities. This paper explores these additional sources, from both a conceptual and an empirical point of view.

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