Prof. Gary E. Bolton
Member of the Global Faculty
O.P. Jindal Distinguished Chair of Management Economics, University of Texas at Dallas
Academic Appointments
1990-2012
Penn State University. Final title: Schwartz Professor of Business
2007
Visiting Professor, University of Cologne
2001-2
Visiting Professor, Harvard Business School
2000
Visiting Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Germany.
1999
Visiting Scholar, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
1998
Visiting Scholar, California Institute of Technology.
1995
Visiting Scholar, University of Bonn.
1995
Visiting Scholar, Institute of Economic Analysis (IAE), Barcelona
Research Expertise
Decision-making: negotiation, cooperation, trust, reputation building, social utility, strategic learning. Economic design: market trust systems and negotiation decision support. Methods: experimental (lab) economics, game theory.
Teaching Expertise
Decision-making: game theory, auctions, negotiation, conflict resolution. Laboratory methods. Managerial economics. Quantitative methods & statistics. Negotiation seminars for MBAs, professional, business and legal audiences.MBA Core Instructor Award, Penn State, 1996-7, 1998-9 & 1999-2000, 2010-2011Outstanding Undergraduate Instructor Award, Carnegie Mellon, 1989-90., CONSULTINGMember of team that advised eBay on policies for Feedback 2.0, 2006.
Education
1990
Ph.D., Economics, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
1985
M.A., Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
1983
B.A., Economics and Mathematics, Drew University
Contribution to the KPA II:
He is working in three areas with other members of the KPA. In one area, they are examining the efficacy of Internet reputation (feedback) systems, where they work well and where they do not work well, and how they might be made better. In a second area of research, they are examining how managers forecast and respond to operational risks, such as inventory accumulations. A third area is more basic research into group decision making under uncertainty.