Adrien Bilal is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Stanford University, a fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and an associate professor of environmental social sciences. Before joining Stanford, he taught at Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 2020 and previously studied at the Paris School of Economics and École Polytechnique, where he trained in mathematics and physics.
His research lies at the intersection of macroeconomics, climate economics, and spatial and labor economics. He studies how climate change affects aggregate growth, spatial inequality, and how these impacts interact with public policy. His work has been published in leading journals including the Quarterly Journal of Economics and Econometrica. He has received the Best French Economist Under 40 prize in 2026 for his work on macroeconomics and climate change, and the Frisch medal in 2026 for his work on macroeconomics and labor markets.
Among his recent contributions is The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change: Global vs. Local Temperature (with Diego Känzig), which shows that the economic effects of global warming may be substantially larger than previously estimated—potentially reducing global GDP by 23 percent per degree of warming. In Anticipating Climate Change Across the United States, he highlights how the interplay between anticipatory behavior and capital investment shapes regional and aggregate climate impacts. He is co-author, with James H. Stock, of A Guide to Macroeconomics and Climate Change, a comprehensive review of the rapidly growing literature on climate change and the macroeconomy. His ongoing work focuses on the effects of climate change for economic growth and mortality.