Cameron LaPoint

Cameron LaPoint’s research explores topics at the intersection of real estate, corporate finance, household finance, and urban economics. His current work studies how tax policy and financial regulation influence investor behavior in real estate markets. 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.

How Property Tax Foreclosure Accelerates Gentrification and Magnifies the Racial Wealth Gap, Yale Insights, June 5, 2023