Carlo Carraro (REEP editor):
This issue of REEP also features four regular articles (we have indeed increased the number of articles per issue) on topics that I believe will be of great interest to our readers. ... The fourth article, “What Do Environmental and Resource Economists Think? Results from a Survey of AERE Members,” by Timothy C. Haab and John C. Whitehead, discusses the results of a survey of Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) members on their opinions and beliefs concerning environmental and resource economics issues. ...
Finally, this issue of REEP also brings some important changes to our editorial team. Charlie Kolstad is stepping down on December 31, 2016, after 11 years of service, including being a founding coeditor and serving as editor for 5 years (2009–14). On behalf of the editorial team, all readers of REEP, and all members of both AERE and the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), I would like to express our sincere thanks to Charlie for his outstanding contributions to REEP over the last 11 years. Without him (and Robert Stavins), REEP would not have risen in just a few short years to its prominent position among economics and environmental studies journals. Thanks to Charlie and his vision, REEP has consistently been ranked among the top 20 economics journals (out of more than 340) and among the top 10 environmental studies journals (out of more than 120). Charlie has worked hard to attract excellent authors and articles. Together with his profound knowledge of environmental economics and his strong reputation and credibility in our field (and beyond), Charlie has enriched the journal and contributed greatly to its success. He will be greatly missed.
Our thanks to Charlie as well. We cold-submitted a proposal for this paper (that he liked) and he worked with us through 3 (I think) revisions to get it into publishable form. The date on the first email is February 1, 2013 so the proposal to publication process took ... [awkward pause while he does the math] ... over 4 years. We collected the data in Sept/Oct 2012 so you can expect a 10 year follow-up survey in a little bit over 5 years. Here is the link to the paper and a screenshot:
