Nagy, David KrisztiánUniversitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa2024-11-142024-11-142020-11-01https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.103675http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68616A rapidly growing literature uses quantitative general equilibrium models of economic geography to study the economic impact of historical events such as the railroad revolution, industrial take-off, structural transformation and wars. I identify three key challenges facing this literature: the tractability of model structure, the availability of historical data, and issues related to identification. I review the literature by discussing how it has been addressing each of these challenges. While doing so, I point out the rich set of questions that this literature can address, as well as the methodological innovations it has conducted to answer these questions.application/pdfengL'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons