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Management

Tax revenue inefficiency and political risk factors: The Hen or The egg?

Agumas Alamirew Mebratu1 Bahir Dar University, College of Business and Economics Department of Accounting and Finance, Bahir DarEthiopiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 2167546 | Received 24 Nov 2022, Accepted 09 Jan 2023, Published online: 14 Feb 2023

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