(a) Reproduce the proof of Proposition 10.2 for an agent with no inventory, using the affine-payoff argument. (b) Now let the agent own units in storage, so that . Show that an arbitrage exists if and only if and the agent places no value on holding the commodity between and . (c) Explain why the bound in (b) is once the agent values the services of the marginal unit at yield , and why different holders can have different .
M10 · Problem 2 ★★
No lower bound, and the inventory holder's bound
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