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Liquidity Constraints and Tax Liability Targeting of Banks in Ghana: Analysis of Persistence and Distance to Target Cover

Liquidity Constraints and Tax Liability Targeting of Banks in Ghana: Analysis of Persistence and Distance to Target

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|Feb 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fman-2025-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5661 | Journal ISSN: 2080-7279
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