The cost that he incurs in this decision, then, is only ex ante; as soon as his decision is made and the choice is exercised and his resource committed, the cost disappears.

那么，由他的决定所引起的成本只出现在事前；一旦他作出决定，并投入资源行动起来，成本就消失了，成为历史成本，永远地消失了。

youdao

In response to this, smallholders have developed strategies for (ex ante) risk management and (ex post) risk coping.

为此，小农制定了(事前)风险管理和(事后)风险应对战略。

youdao

For an individual's cost is subjective and ephemeral; it appears only ex ante, at the moment before the individual makes a decision.

一个人的成本是主观的，转瞬即逝。它只出现在事前，即在人作出决定之前。

youdao

In fact, interventions do not have to match the total, or even a significant part, of all transactions conducted on the foreign-exchange market to be effective, but only the ex ante imbalances in these transactions.

ECONOMIST: Interventionist

The choice between an ex ante prohibition of certain conduct and an ex post, case-by-case review of complaints turns on the potential for efficiency justifications.

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