Theoretical Mechanisms Linking the Digital Economy and Agricultural Economic Resilience: Construction and Analysis Based on a Quantitative Spatial Equilibrium Model

Yungang Tang

doi:10.62177/apemr.v2i6.775

Authors

Yungang Tang Jinggangshan University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62177/apemr.v2i6.775

Keywords:

Digital Economy, Agricultural Economic Resilience, Quantitative Spatial Equilibrium (QSE) Model, Data as a Production Factor, Digital–Infrastructure Synergy

Abstract

This study aimed to construct a Quantitative Spatial Equilibrium (QSE) model that integrates digital factors and agricultural infrastructure, providing a unified theoretical framework for analyzing the underlying mechanisms of agricultural economic resilience. The model embedded a three-dimensional resilience system—resistance–adaptation–transformation—into consumer preferences and production functions. Within the agricultural context, it depicted the generation, exchange, and enabling mechanisms of data as a novel production factor, and elucidated its synergistic interaction pathways with both traditional and digital infrastructures. By incorporating the hat algebra approach, the model enabled counterfactual simulations of policy shocks in multi-regional and multi-sector economic systems, effectively mitigating parameter identification challenges.The theoretical contributions of this research lay in extending the application of quantitative spatial economics to the agricultural domain, identifying the sectoral heterogeneity of data-factor diffusion effects, and providing a formal analytical tool to explore the micro-foundations of how “digital–infrastructure” synergies enhance agricultural economic resilience. These findings established a methodological basis for subsequent empirical investigations and policy evaluations.

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