Journal of
Accounting and Taxation

  • Abbreviation: J. Account. Taxation
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6664
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAT
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 208

Full Length Research Paper

Taxation revenue and economic growth in Africa

Onakoya Adegbemi Babatunde*
  • Onakoya Adegbemi Babatunde*
  • Department of Economics, Babcock University, Ilishan - Remo, Nigeria.
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Afintinni Oluwatobi Ibukun
  • Afintinni Oluwatobi Ibukun
  • Department of Economics, Babcock University, Ilishan - Remo, Nigeria.
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Ogundajo Grace Oyeyemi
  • Ogundajo Grace Oyeyemi
  • Department of Accounting, Babcock University, Ilishan - Remo, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 04 September 2016
  •  Accepted: 27 October 2016
  •  Published: 28 February 2017

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