Our guest this week is NYU economist Arpit Gupta, whose research projects how the rise of remote work could result in a long-term decline in commercial property values. What will these falling values mean for state and local government finances and economic development?

This interview is part of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center series of online conversations on tax and fiscal policy in today’s economy. The discussions take place every other Thursday afternoon and feature varying perspectives on the historic economic challenges facing the United States and the world and the best ways to address them.

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