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Since the Second Persian Gulf War, crude oil price fundamentals have probably been changed. Therefore, study of the characteristics of price movements before, during, and after the Gulf War help us better understand structural changes in the crude oil market. Using daily and mon…

A recent outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza (AI), an especially highly pathogenic strain (HPAI) of H5N1, started in Hong Kong in January 2003 and caused 159 human deaths in Asia, Africa and Europe through early 2007. In addition, this outbreak resulted in millions of slaugh…