Chapter 1. Estimating Efficiency in the Presence of Extreme Outliers: A Logistic-Half Normal Stochastic Frontier Model with Application to Highway Maintenance Costs in England -- Chapter 2. Alternative User Costs, Productivity and Inequality in US Business Sectors -- Chapter 3. On the Allocation...

We maintain that the actions of researchers show that data mining is a necessary part of econometric inquiry. We analyse this phenomenon using the analogy of an industry producing a product (econometric analyses). There is a risk of selective reporting as Mayer indicates but we argue that other...