Is the District of Columbia still competitive?
Is the District of Columbia still a place where residents, employers and workers, businesses, and investors would choose to live, work, and conduct business? Researchers from the Alice M. Rivlin Initiative for Economic Policy and Competitiveness focus on revealed preferences—the choices people make about where to live, work, start businesses and invest–to answer this question. Is the District of Columbia still competitive? Waning interest after COVID-19 and how D.C. can reverse the trend presents thirteen concrete policy recommendations to support the District’s economic vibrancy and dynamism.