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A SWITCHING REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF URBAN POPULATION DENSITIES: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Author(s) -
Brueckner Jan
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1985.tb00839.x
Subject(s) - classification of discontinuities , estimation , regression , econometrics , density estimation , regression analysis , population density , population , work (physics) , geography , statistics , computer science , mathematics , economics , sociology , mathematical analysis , demography , engineering , mechanical engineering , management , estimator
New theoretical work in urban economics suggests that urban population density contours are inherently discontinuous. This result calls into question the standard practice of estimating smooth density contours and indicates a need for an estimation technique capable of capturing discontinuities. This paper employs such a technique by applying Quandt's switching regression method to the estimation problem. Density contours with marked discontinuities emerge from the empirical work.