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Michael Cooper (economist)

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Michael Cooper
Born
Michael Hymie Kupferroth

(1938-12-15)15 December 1938
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Died15 July 2017(2017-07-15) (aged 78)
Martinborough, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
OccupationEconomist

Michael Hymie Cooper OBE (né Kupferroth, 15 December 1938 – 15 July 2017)[1] was a British-born economist and one of the first to develop the field of health economics in the 1960s. He later moved to the University of Otago in New Zealand.

Biography

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Cooper took a position as senior chair in economics at the University of Otago in 1976, where he established the university's first health economics class.[2] He worked at the university for 18 years, becoming pro vice-chancellor.[3] He chaired the Otago Area Health Board.[4] In 1990 he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal,[5] and in the 1994 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to health administration.[6]

He died on 15 July 2017 at his home in Martinborough.[1]

Selected publications

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  • The Price of Blood. The Institute of Economic Affairs, 1968
  • Rationing Health Care. Croom Helm, 1975

References

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  1. ^ a b Sinclair, Kay (14 October 2017). "Economics professor shining star in health arena". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. ^ Topham-Kindley, Liane (2 August 2017). "Michael Cooper, NZ's father of health economics, understood primary care".
  3. ^ "Two Economists: W. J Baumol (1922-2017) and M. H. Cooper (1938-2017) | Pundit". www.pundit.co.nz. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Economics – science, art or business?". University of Otago 1869-2019. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 106. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  6. ^ "No. 53528". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1993. p. 34.