Murray Fulton
Professor
Political Scienece
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
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
Publications
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Atkinson MM, Fulton M, Kim B. Why do governments use pay for performance? Contrasting theories and interview evidence. Canadian Public Administration. 2014 Sep 1;57(3):436-58.
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Fulton M. Agricultural policy in the 21st century: Economics and politics. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2015 Mar 1;63(1):7-18.
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Fulton ME, Reynolds T. The political economy of food price volatility: The case of Vietnam and rice. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2015 May 25;97(4):1206-26.
