Ex Post

Definition: Latin for "after the fact". In models where there is uncertainty that is resolved during the course of events, the ex post values (e.g. of expected gain) are those that are calculated after the uncertainty has been resolved.

Terms related to Ex Post:

• Ex Ante
• Knightian Uncertainty
• Uncertainty
• Arrovian Uncertainty

About.Com Resources on Ex Post:

• What is Wrong with the Coase Theorem?
• The Federalist Papers No. 84
• Why Get an Economics Ph.D?

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Books on Ex Post:

• Economic Uncertainty, Instabilities And Asset Bubbles
• The Economics of Uncertainty and Information
• Economic Uncertainty and Financial Structure

Journal Articles on Ex Post:

• A theory of the term structure of interest rates
• Is EMU more justifiable ex post than ex ante?
• Ex-ante and ex-post welfare optimality under uncertainty