Joint estimation of population density functions and the location of the central business district

"In this paper we [propose] a new procedure for estimating population density functions under conditions that the exact location of the CBD [central business district] is unknown or uncertain. As such it can also be utilized as a method for identifying the location of the CBD....[We apply] this method to cross-sectional data from Tel-Aviv-Yafo [Israel] during 1961 through 1990...."