Gary Bolton

Gary Bolton is the Jindal Chair Professor of Business Economics at the University of Texas at Dallas and an International Lecturer at the University of Cologne. He serves as co-director of the Laboratory for Behavioral Operations and Economics (LBOE), focusing on experimental approaches to economic and operational decision-making.

Research Interests: His work explores decision-making processes including negotiation, cooperation, trust, reputation building, and strategic learning. He investigates economic design for market trust systems and negotiation support using experimental economics and game theory methodologies.

Publication Trends: Recent research analyzes cost saliency in service-level contracts (2023) and observability effects on reciprocity (2021), demonstrating consistent focus on behavioral operations management where psychological factors intersect with economic theory and practical business applications.

Laboratory Leadership: As LBOE co-director, he oversees experimental research examining human behavior in economic contexts through controlled laboratory studies bridging behavioral science and operations management.