The American put option and its critical stock price

Journal of Finance

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2333-2356

  Bunch, David S ^a   Johnson, Herb ^a  

^a Laboratory of Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Physiology   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0039177872     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00289     Document Type: Article

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