What is ceteris Paribus? 

Ceteris paribus is a Latin phrase, literally translated as "other things the similar," and usually rendered in English as "all other things being equal." A prediction, or a statement about causal or logical connections among two states of affairs, is qualified by ceteris paribus in order to acknowledge, and to rule out, the possibility of other factors which could override the relationship among the antecedent and the consequent.