Kevin Hoover wrote: > ----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- > The earliest example of "deadweight loss" in JSTOR is not as early as > Hotelling. It is > Paul A. Samuelson, "The Transfer Problem and Transport Costs: The > Terms of Trade When Impediments are Absent," /The Economic Journal/, > Vol. 62, No. 246 (Jun., 1952), pp. 278-304. > > "Dead loss" shows up as earlier as 1887, but not in the sense of > deadweight loss. The following might be the earliest relevant JSTOR > example, but I have not read it carefully: > C. F. Bickerdike, "The Theory of Incipient Taxes," /The Economic > Journal/, Vol. 16, No. 64 (Dec., 1906), pp. 529-535 > > Kevin Hoover > > The OED online shows "deadweight" in numerous older uses, among them some in shipping and debt. John Womack