In the econ literature, what is the convention when it comes to (not) hypenating some common terms like:
- first(-?)best, second(-?)best,...
- best(-?)response?
- ...
The Economist suggests that "There is no firm rule to help you decide which words are run together, hyphenated or left separate" so I thought people here could be more aware of the conventions in econ than people, say, at http://english.stackexchange.com.