Carlos Avenancio-León is an Assistant Professor of Finance at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in the Law & Economics and Political Economy programs. His research lies at the intersection of finance, law, and political economy, studying how financial, legal, and political institutions shape wealth, economic opportunity, and political power. His work spans property taxation, housing, voting rights, criminal justice, labor markets, and corporate and household finance. He holds a PhD in Finance from UC Berkeley and a JD from the University of Puerto Rico.