Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Taking seriously the arguments of Earman, Roberts and Smith that ceteris paribus laws have no semantics and cannot be tested, I suggest that ...

Since no one seems to take Latin any more, you probably cannot translate "ceteris paribus." Real economists frequently cite the need to explicitly state the assumption that "all other things are equal ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Robert Kelly is managing director of ...

“Ceteris paribus, literally ‘holding other things constant,’ is a Latin phrase that is commonly translated into English as ‘all else being equal.’ A dominant assumption in mainstream economic thinking ...