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Here’s my original suggestion - once again, this is my guess, and it can be wrong. Economy might stand here for the most efficient use of space/materials/other resources at the disposal of the scribe ...

Lobel-Page (p. 37) give .[.......] γὰρ ἐφίλει δυ[, saying, "Sub coloph. 2076 schol. vestigia...quod quorsum spectet obscurum est." I'm not trained in papyrology (I much prefer inscriptions—far easier ...

You can find it here. Tricky, tricky, you have to add the zeroes in front of it to pull it up.

I wonder if this "principle of economy" concerns the text rather than the physical papyrus itself. That is to say, it is perhaps a principle of textual criticism rather than papyrology. I say this ...

This is actually LP 66(c), from a papyrus published directly in Lobel's Σαπφοῦς μελῶν. From LP's text and notes, we get his transcription as follows: ]MNĀ[ ] . ΚΑΤ̣€Γ[ ]Ḳ€Κ[ Where some options ...

Economy in this context could be the well-known, general principle of economy from linguistics (Passy, Martinet, Tauli etc.) - a possibility which I initially discarded as the most obvious. E.g. ...

I have to admit, I don't know. I've done some research and I am not entirely sure. So, I offer two explanations - in two different answers. The principle of (formulaic) economy As Russo reminds us, ...