The no-trade interval of Dow and Werlang: Some clarifications

The aim of this paper is two-fold: first, to emphasize that the seminal result of Dow and Werlang (1992) remains valid under weaker conditions, and this even if non-positive prices are considered, or equally that the no-trade interval result is robust when considering assets which can yield non-positive outcomes. Second, to make precise the weak uncertainty aversion behavior characteristic of the existence of such an interval.

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