Cameron LaPoint’s research explores topics at the intersection of real estate, macro-finance, and corporate finance. A running theme of Cameron's research is how housing market conditions matter for the aggregate economy and financial markets. In his current work, Cameron studies how publicly backed home improvement loans can increase the climate resilience and energy efficiency 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.
