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Let \(\beta > 1\) and \(x > 0\). An expansion \(x = \sum_{N_0}^\infty a_i \beta^{-i}\) with integers \(0 \leq a_i < \beta\) is called a greedy expansion if \(\sum_{N+1}^\infty a_i \beta^{-i} < \beta^{-N}\) for every \(N\). The author proves that if \(\beta\) is a Pisot unit for which every \(x \in \mathbb Z[\beta]\) has a finite greedy expansion in base \(\beta\), then there is a positive constant \(c\) such that every \(x \in {\mathbb Q}\cap [0,c]\) has a purely periodic greedy expansion in base \(\beta\). This is related to a result of \textit{A. Bertrand} [C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. A 285, 419-421 (1977; Zbl 0362.10040)] and \textit{K. Schmidt} [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 12, 269-278 (1980; Zbl 0494.10040)], which states that every \(0 < x \in \mathbb Q(\beta)\) has a periodic (but not necessary purely periodic) greedy expansion in base \(\beta\). The proof of the author's theorem allows one to obtain an effective lower bound on \(c\) for a given \(\beta\). For example, it is shown that if \(\beta = 1.3247\dots\) is the smallest Pisot number, then \(c \geq 0.4342\) but it cannot be taken larger than \(0.6924\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0887.00013].