Editor’s Note: Welcoming Remarks

Journal of Legal Economics is delighted to welcome University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics and Management W. Kip Viscusi of Vanderbilt Law School to this issue in a featured invited submission. The article, ‘‘Identifying the Legitimate Role of the Value of a Statistical Life in Legal Contexts,’’ parallels Professor Viscusi’s Keynote Address presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts (AAEFE) in Las Vegas, April 25, 2019. On behalf of the AAEFE members and our other readers, I thank Professor Viscusi for accepting the invitation to publish in these pages.