A 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.

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定量的经济地理遇到历史：问题，答案和挑战

迅速增长的文献使用经济地理学的定量一般均衡模型来研究历史事件（如铁路革命，工业起飞，结构转型和战争）的经济影响。我确定了该文献面临的三个主要挑战：模型结构的易处理性，历史数据的可用性以及与标识相关的问题。我通过讨论文献如何应对这些挑战来复习文献。在这样做的同时，我指出了这些文献可以解决的一系列问题，以及它为回答这些问题而进行的方法创新。