Murray Fulton

Biography

In addition to being a professor at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School, Murray Fulton is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives; the Co-operative Retailing System Chair in Co-operative Governance, and a Fellow in Co-operatives and Public Policy. His research and teaching interests are focused in a number of areas, including industrial organization, agricultural and rural policy, and public sector and co-operative governance. He is the co-author of a number of books and reports, including Canadian Agricultural Policy and Prairie Agriculture and Co-operatives and Canadian Society. Fulton has also written many articles and papers on industrial organization, agricultural policy, and co-operatives. One important area of research has been an examination of the changes that are occurring in agriculture and the response of organizations – including agricultural co-operatives – to these changes. His current research is focused on governance and executive compensation in the public and quasi-public sectors. He is also interested in behavioural economics and its application to business strategy and public policy formation.

Research Interest

Behavioural economics Governance Co-operatives and the social economy Agricultural and resource policy