Phillip Jacob Nelson (born 1929)[1] is an emeritus professor at
Binghamton University, where he was Bartle Professor of Economics.[2] He is noted for having been the first to observe the distinction between an
experience good and a
search good.[3]
Nelson obtained his doctorate in 1957 from
Columbia University, with a dissertation titled "A Study in the Geographic Mobility of Labor".[4]
^Cabral, Luis M. B. (2000), Introduction to Industrial Organization, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, p. 223,
ISBN978-0-262-03286-5.
^Acknowledgements footnote from Nelson, P. (1959), "Migration, Real Income and Information", Journal of Regional Science, 1 (2): 43–74,
doi:
10.1111/j.1467-9787.1959.tb01460.x.
^Munger, Michael C. (December 2004), "Signaling Goodness: Social Rules and Public Choice, By Phillip J. Nelson and Kenneth V. Greene", Book Reviews: American Politics, Perspectives on Politics, 2 (4): 853–854,
doi:
10.1017/S1537592704460587,
S2CID154498505
^Laband, David N. (July 2005), "Signaling goodness: Social rules and public choice", Book Reviews, Public Choice, 125 (1–2): 243–245,
doi:
10.1007/s11127-005-3421-8,
S2CID153914435.
^Gick, Evelyn; Gick, Wolfgang (November 2005), "Signaling Goodness: Social Rules and Public Choice, P. J. Nelson, K. V. Greene", Book Reviews, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 58 (3): 452–457,
doi:
10.1016/j.jebo.2004.11.003.
^Whitman, Douglas Glen (April 2007), "Phillip J. Nelson & Kenneth V. Greene, 2003, Signaling Goodness: Social Rules and Public Choice", Book Reviews, Journal of Bioeconomics, 9 (1): 79–84,
doi:
10.1007/s10818-007-9011-8,
S2CID144110072.
Phillip Jacob Nelson (born 1929)[1] is an emeritus professor at
Binghamton University, where he was Bartle Professor of Economics.[2] He is noted for having been the first to observe the distinction between an
experience good and a
search good.[3]
Nelson obtained his doctorate in 1957 from
Columbia University, with a dissertation titled "A Study in the Geographic Mobility of Labor".[4]
^Cabral, Luis M. B. (2000), Introduction to Industrial Organization, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, p. 223,
ISBN978-0-262-03286-5.
^Acknowledgements footnote from Nelson, P. (1959), "Migration, Real Income and Information", Journal of Regional Science, 1 (2): 43–74,
doi:
10.1111/j.1467-9787.1959.tb01460.x.
^Munger, Michael C. (December 2004), "Signaling Goodness: Social Rules and Public Choice, By Phillip J. Nelson and Kenneth V. Greene", Book Reviews: American Politics, Perspectives on Politics, 2 (4): 853–854,
doi:
10.1017/S1537592704460587,
S2CID154498505
^Laband, David N. (July 2005), "Signaling goodness: Social rules and public choice", Book Reviews, Public Choice, 125 (1–2): 243–245,
doi:
10.1007/s11127-005-3421-8,
S2CID153914435.
^Gick, Evelyn; Gick, Wolfgang (November 2005), "Signaling Goodness: Social Rules and Public Choice, P. J. Nelson, K. V. Greene", Book Reviews, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 58 (3): 452–457,
doi:
10.1016/j.jebo.2004.11.003.
^Whitman, Douglas Glen (April 2007), "Phillip J. Nelson & Kenneth V. Greene, 2003, Signaling Goodness: Social Rules and Public Choice", Book Reviews, Journal of Bioeconomics, 9 (1): 79–84,
doi:
10.1007/s10818-007-9011-8,
S2CID144110072.