Cameron LaPoint

Cameron LaPoint’s research explores topics at the intersection of real estate, corporate finance, household finance, and urban economics. A running theme of Cameron's research is how to design policies which help improve housing affordability. In his current work, Cameron studies how publicly backed home improvement loans can increase the climate resilience of housing. Through his work on the links between property tax delinquency and gentrification, he has advised legal teams working on cases related to the constitutionality of local property tax foreclosure procedures. In other papers, Cameron examines how the location decision of firms, and where they choose to invest in response to local tax incentives, matters for local economic development and regional inequality. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Rochester, and a PhD in economics from Columbia University.

Child Care, Cafes, Herman Miller Desks: It’s Not Your Average Gym, The New York Times, June 24, 2024
Japanese investors back in the New York groove, The Real Deal, July 19, 2023 
How Property Tax Foreclosure Accelerates Gentrification and Magnifies the Racial Wealth Gap, Yale Insights, June 5, 2023