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FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

The determinants of financial distress cost: A case of emerging market

Muhammad Farooq1 Institute of Business Management and Administrative Sciences, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, PakistanView further author information
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Ahmed Imran Hunjra2 Rabat Business School, International University of Rabat, Salé, MoroccoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Saif Ullah3 Lahore Business School, University of Lahore, Punjab, PakistanView further author information
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Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan4 School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK & Consultant in Economics and Finance, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1665-807XView further author information
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Article: 2186038 | Received 02 Sep 2022, Accepted 24 Feb 2023, Published online: 08 Mar 2023

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