【摘要】The paper presents the newly developed dynamic spatial general equilibrium modelof European Commission, RHOMOLO, and proposes its future extensions. The model incor-porates several elements from economic geography in a novel and theoretically consistent way.It describes the location choice of different types of agents and captures the interplay between agglomeration and dispersion forces in determining the spatial equilibrium. The model is alsodynamic as it allows for the accumulation of factors of production, human capital and technol-ogy. This makes RHOMOLO particularly suited for simulating policy scenario related to theEU cohesion policy and for the analysis of its impact on the regions and the Member States ofthe union.

【关键词】Economic modelling;spatial dynamics;policy impact assessment;economic geog-raphy;spatial equilibrium

【文献来源】Andries Brandsma;d'Artis Kancs;Philippe Monfort;Alexandra Rillaers.Papers in Regional Studies.2015（1）