Can options expiration affect the share price?

I read a research article a long time ago which concluded that the options at expiration move price but it was mere cents, hardly anything that you could trade on.
 
Consensus expert opinion is that large open options strikes do indeed affect stock price - the pinning phenomenon.



Most likely due to the fact that there are:
  • Hundreds of optionable US stocks with high volume.
  • Option expiry every week.
  • Option strikes very close together.
A stock ending the week at an option strike is inevitable.
 
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