Journal of
Accounting and Taxation

  • Abbreviation: J. Account. Taxation
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6664
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAT
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 203

Full Length Research Paper

Greek tax reality and the VAT gap: Influential factors

Eriotis Nikolaos
  • Eriotis Nikolaos
  • Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece.
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Missiakoulis Spyros
  • Missiakoulis Spyros
  • Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece.
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Papadakis Spyros
  • Papadakis Spyros
  • Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece.
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Vasiliou Dimitrios
  • Vasiliou Dimitrios
  • Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece.
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  •  Received: 24 November 2020
  •  Accepted: 26 January 2021
  •  Published: 31 January 2021

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