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Economics Research International
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 691302, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/691302
Research Article

Unilateral Trade Preferences in the EU: An Empirical Assessment for the Case of Mozambican Exports

Xavier Cirera1 and Andrea Alfieri2

1Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK
2Independent Consultant, Via Passo Bocco 1, Parma, Italy

Received 4 August 2011; Revised 21 September 2011; Accepted 13 October 2011

Academic Editor: Priya Ranjan

Copyright © 2012 Xavier Cirera and Andrea Alfieri. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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