David Cooper

David Cooper joined the University of Alberta in 1989, and became the first holder of the Certified General Accountants of Alberta Chair in Accounting (1995-2011). David obtained a BSc (Econ, honours) from the London School of Economics and his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1980. David has written or edited eight books and over seventy five articles and book chapters and he is an editor of Accounting, Organizations and Society and is a member of the editorial boards of seven other international research journals.

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Ask candidates how to clean up Alberta's orphaned wells

media | Apr 10, 2019

This op-ed by Parkland Institute director Trevor Harrison and University of Alberta School of Business emeritus professor David Cooper appeared in the Edmonton Journal on April 5, 2019.

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Change and Opportunity: EPCOR in a Deregulated Electricity Industry

research | Dec 18, 2000

This study extends examines EPCOR’s standing in the throes of the deregulation of Alberta’s electricity industry. It finds that EPCOR provides remarkable value to the City of Edmonton, and despite unexpected shifts in regulatory positions by the Alberta government, this value is likely to hold in the medium and long term.

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