Ph.D. - Economics
Carnegie Mellon University - 1990

M.A. - Mathematics
University of California, Berkeley - 1985

B.A. - Economic and Mathematics
Drew University - 1983

Bolton,  Axel Ockenfels and  Ulrich W. Thonemann, Managers and students as newsvendors, Management Science, forthcoming. forthcoming - Publication

Bolton, Ben Greiner and Axel Ockenfels, Engineering Trust: Reciprocity in the production of reputation information, Management Science, forthcoming. forthcoming - Publication

Bolton and Axel Ockenfels, Behavioral economic engineering,  Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33, 665-676. 2012 - Publication

Bolton and Jeannette E, Brosig-Koch, How do coalitions get built? Evidence from an extensive form coalition game with and without communication, International Journal of Game Theory, 2012, 41, 623-649. 2012 - Publication

Park, Sungsoon, Bolton, Ling Rothrock and Jeannette Brosig, Towards an  Interdisciplinary perspective of training intervention for negotiations: Developing  strategic negotiation support contents, Decision Support Systems, 2010, 49. 213-221. 2010 - Publication

Bolton, Axel Ockenfels and Felix Ebeling, Information value and externalities in  reputation building, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2010, 29, 23- 33. 2010 - Publication

Bolton, Testing models and internalizing context: A comment on Vernon Smith’s  ‘Theory and experiment: What are the questions?’  Journal of Economic Behavior  and Organization, 2010, 73, 16-20.   2010 - Publication

Bolton and Axel Ockenfels, Betrayal aversion: Evidence from Brazil, China, Oman,  Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States: Comment, American Economic Review,  2010, 100, 628-633. 2010 - Publication

Bolton, and Axel Ockenfels, The limits of trust, in  eTrust, K. Cook, C. Snijders, V.  Buskens, eds., Russell Sage: New York, 2009, 15-36. 2009 - Publication

Bolton and Axel Ockenfels, Testing and modeling fairness motives,  Rationality,  Markets and Morals, 2009, 0, 199-206. 2009 - Publication

Co-Director
University of Texas at Dallas [2012–Present]

Chair Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [2012–Present]
Jindal School of Management

Visiting Professor
University of Cologne [2007–2018]

Visiting Professor
Harvard University [2001–2002]

Visiting Fellow
Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Germany [2000–2018]

Visiting Scholar
Chinese University of Hong Kong [1999–2018]

Visiting Scholar
California Institute of Technology [1998–2018]

Visiting Scholar
University of Bonn [1995–2018]

Visiting Scholar
Institute of Econmic Analysis (IAE), Barcelona [1995–2018]

Schwartz Professor
Penn State University [1990–2012]

Professional Organizations

• Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)
• American Economic Association (AEA)
• Economic Science Association (ESA)

Awards and Recognition

• Pennsylvania State University, MBA Core Instructor Award, 1996-7, 1998-9 & 1999-2000, 2010-2011
• Carnegie Mellon University, Outstanding Undergraduate Instructor Award, 1989-90

Early Interest in Economics Inspired Profs Career and Research

When Dr. Gary Bolton started college, inflation was at its highest point in decades. U.S. manufacturing was on the decline. And an oil shortage forced rising gas prices and long lines at the pump. “As a kid growing up in the ‘70s, I would read the newspaper and wonder why the economy was so messed up,” he said. Bolton’s interest in the economic conditions as a youth inspired an academic career that has been distinguished by prestigious academic appointments, multiple National Science Foundation grants, dozens of articles in top economic journals and speaking engagements around the world. Last fall, Bolton, a professor of managerial economics, was named O.P. Jindal Chair and co-director of the Center and Laboratory for Behavioral Operations and Economics in the Naveen Jindal School of Management. He runs the center with Dr. Elena Katok, his wife, an Ashbel Smith Professor of Operations Management.

Study: Social Responsibility Promotes Conservative Risk Behavior

Individuals make more conservative choices when the decisions they make affect other people, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Dallas.

Dr. Gary Bolton, a professor of managerial economicsand the O.P. Jindal Chair in the Naveen Jindal School of Management, is the lead author of the study, which was recently published in the European Economic Review. Bolton said he and his co-authors wanted to explore the effects social preferences have in risk-taking.

Jindal School Professor Offers Insights on Internet Trading Feedback

People are usually surprised that as many as 70 percent of participants on Internet trading sites provide feedback about their experiences, Dr. Gary Bolton said in his keynote address during the 26th Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE). 

“Most people seem to think it’s like 10 percent, something like that,” he said. “A lot of feedback is offered through these systems.” 

WISE, hosted recently by the Naveen Jindal School of Management, focused on the economic consequences of information technology advances and innovation. 

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