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Note 56: PrSalQ, B294, p. 140: "Quare femine primo et secundo conceptus mense non appetanda appetunt, ut carbones et similia; in ceteris autem mensibus non est adeo irrationabilis earum appetitus?" back
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Economists often qualify their predictions with the Latin phrase ceteris paribus.
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Economists often qualify their predictions with the Latin phrase ceteris paribus.
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In the discipline's lingo, Levitt has relied upon something called ceteris paribus all other things equal, an inference presumptively valid unless shown otherwise, to conclude abortion lowers crime.
Archive 2005-04-17 Steve Sailer 2005
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In the discipline's lingo, Levitt has relied upon something called ceteris paribus all other things equal, an inference presumptively valid unless shown otherwise, to conclude abortion lowers crime.
Isn't it a logical inevitability that abortion reduces the crime rate? Steve Sailer 2005
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It's kind of obvious, but for precision, you might want to add ceteris paribus.
The Proactionary Principle, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Changes in the supply or demand for gold (ceteris paribus,) lead to changes in the purchasing power of gold -- inflation or deflation.
The Great Depression, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Thus we are presented, in a nutshell, with "universalism": the idea that ceteris paribus we should think of and treat all human beings the same way, that no human beings are more deserving of our love and respect and consideration than any other.
Andrew Pessin: John Lennon And The Jews Andrew Pessin 2011
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But, of course, the Law of Supply and Demand applies ceteris paribus (all else being equal).
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Falling prices signal a decrease in demand, ceteris paribus.
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