作者是得多喜欢Douglas Adams的书啊
2012-10-26
比如序的最后一句是：
Finally ， in the spirit of Douglas Adams‘s lighthearted serial （The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy and Mostly Harmless， among others）from which we draw continued inspiration, our companion may have occasional inaccuracies , but it is quite a bit cheaper than the many versions of the Encyclopedia Galactica Econometrica that dominate today's market.
全书最后还不忘加上这样的话：
If applied econometrics were easy, theorists would do it. But it's not as hard as the dense pages of Econometrica might lead you to believe. ......Avoid embarrassment by being your own best skeptic, and especially, DON'T PANIC!