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A PRIORI: A presumption made before an analysis is undertaken, often based on experiences, beliefs, or deductions from seemingly self-evident propositions about how the world works. This is a Latin for assumption or axiom. A similar sounding, but opposite term is a posteriori, which is derived from observation or facts. For example, in the study of economics of crime you might assume, a priori, that people are basically "good", because that just seems to be part of human nature, and conclude, a posteriori, that people are more likely to commit crimes when the threat of capture and conviction is lower.
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LONG-RUN AVERAGE COST CURVE, DERIVATION The long-run average cost curve is the envelope of an infinite number of short-run average total cost curves, with each short-run average total cost curve tangent to, or just touching, the long-run average cost curve at a single point corresponding to a single output quantity. The key to the derivation of the long-run average cost curve is that each short-run average total cost curve is constructed based on a given amount of the fixed input, usually capital. As such, when the quantity of the fixed input changes, the short-run average total cost curve shifts to a new location.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time visiting every yard sale in a 30-mile radius seeking to buy either an AC adapter for your CD player or storage boxes for your family photos. Be on the lookout for neighborhood pets, especially belligerent parrots.
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In the Middle Ages, pepper was used for bartering, and it was often more valuable and stable in value than gold.
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"We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion." -- Hegel
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Arbitrage Pricing Theory
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