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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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COMPETITIVE MARKET A market with a large number of buyers and sellers, such that no single buyer or seller is able to influence the price or control any other aspect of the market. That is, none of the participants have significant market control. A competitive market achieves efficiency in the allocation of scarce resources if no other market failures are present.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time watching the shopping channel hoping to buy either a replacement remote control for your television or a replacement nozzle for your shower. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties.
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Before 1933, the U.S. dime was legal as payment only in transactions of $10 or less.
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"Our vision controls the way we think and, therefore, the way we act . . . The vision we have of our jobs determines what we do and the opportunities we see or don't see. " -- Charles Koch, executive
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IDA
International Development Association
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