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Trying to track down the earliest usage of rivalry, tangibility, excludability, and durability in economics

Economics Asked by Juno Woods on October 29, 2020

I’m interested in a history of these terms, and wondered if anyone knows where I might find such a thing.

The first mention I can find for excludability is a 1957 law journal paper referring to a court case (inaccessible to me).

The earliest citation I’ve been able to find for rival goods is Chapman (1909), but mostly I see economics papers cite more recent textbooks (1980-2000).

Tangible goods seems to be a legal term, for which I can find the first mention in an 1889 law journal (which I also can’t acccess).

The earliest reference I can find for durable goods is John Law (1750).

A secondary goal might be finding an authoritative source where all of these terms are tied together for the first time.

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You can try Google Books Ngram Viewer. On the bottom of the graph, there is a Search in Google Books giving access to the references. enter image description here

Answered by emeryville on October 29, 2020

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