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Option Investor Rationality Revisited: The Role of Exercise Boundary Violations

Robert Battalioa Robert Battalio is professor of finance at the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
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Stephen Figlewskib Stephen Figlewski is professor of finance, emeritus, at the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York City.ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8388-913X
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Robert Nealc Robert Neal is professor of finance at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis.ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3404-8876
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Pages 82-99 | Published online: 09 Jan 2020

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