Journal of
Accounting and Taxation

  • Abbreviation: J. Account. Taxation
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6664
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAT
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 217

Full Length Research Paper

Migrant remittances, financial market development, and per capita real growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Olapeju Akorede Ikpesu
  • Olapeju Akorede Ikpesu
  • Pan-Atlantic University, Km 52, Lekki-Expressway, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 10 May 2023
  •  Accepted: 03 July 2023
  •  Published: 31 July 2023

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