Journal of
Accounting and Taxation

  • Abbreviation: J. Account. Taxation
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6664
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAT
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 209

Full Length Research Paper

Structure theories: Panel data evidence from the United Kingdom

Dimitrios Vortelinosa*
  • Dimitrios Vortelinosa*
  • Lincoln Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
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Konstantinos Gkillas
  • Konstantinos Gkillas
  • Department of Business Administration, University of Patras, University Campus – Rio, P.O. Box 1391, Patras 26500, Greece.
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Georgios Alexopoulosc
  • Georgios Alexopoulosc
  • Department of Business Administration, University of Patras, University Campus – Rio, P.O. Box 1391, Patras 26500, Greece.
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  •  Received: 30 July 2016
  •  Accepted: 24 October 2016
  •  Published: 31 December 2016

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