Gary E. Bolton

12.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Gary E. Bolton is a scholar working on Safety Research, Management Science and Operations Research and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary E. Bolton has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Safety Research, 39 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Gary E. Bolton's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (61 papers), Game Theory and Applications (25 papers) and Auction Theory and Applications (25 papers). Gary E. Bolton is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (61 papers), Game Theory and Applications (25 papers) and Auction Theory and Applications (25 papers). Gary E. Bolton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Gary E. Bolton's co-authors include Axel Ockenfels, Elena Katok, Rami Zwick, Jordi Brandts, Ben Greiner, Ulrich W. Thonemann, Arnaud De Bruyn, Claudia Loebbecke, Kalyan Chatterjee and Kathleen L. McGinn and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Management Science and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Gary E. Bolton

77 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

ERC: A Theory of Equity, Reciprocity, and Competition 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 1000 2.0k 3.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary E. Bolton United States 31 5.6k 2.6k 2.3k 2.1k 1.8k 79 8.1k
Axel Ockenfels Germany 39 5.4k 1.0× 2.6k 1.0× 2.6k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 2.4k 1.3× 157 9.2k
J. Keith Murnighan United States 47 3.2k 0.6× 4.1k 1.6× 1.2k 0.5× 760 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 131 10.2k
Matthias Sutter Germany 50 4.7k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 3.0k 1.3× 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 273 8.6k
Catherine C. Eckel United States 38 3.2k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 509 0.3× 167 6.5k
Andrew Schotter United States 40 3.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 2.5k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 113 5.7k
John Dickhaut United States 20 2.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 937 0.4× 961 0.5× 57 5.1k
Roberto A. Weber Switzerland 32 3.5k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 792 0.4× 131 5.5k
Martin Dufwenberg United States 31 4.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 82 5.8k
Rachel Kranton United States 24 2.5k 0.4× 3.3k 1.3× 2.7k 1.1× 476 0.2× 1.0k 0.6× 44 7.9k
R. Mark Isaac United States 31 3.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 893 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 74 4.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bolton, Gary E., et al.. (2020). Norm Enforcement in Markets: Group Identity and the Volunteering of Feedback. The Economic Journal. 130(629). 1248–1261. 6 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E., Christoph Feldhaus, & Axel Ockenfels. (2016). Social Interaction Promotes Risk Taking in a Stag Hunt Game. German Economic Review. 17(3). 409–423. 12 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E., et al.. (2014). Social responsibility promotes conservative risk behavior. European Economic Review. 74. 109–127. 65 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E. & Axel Ockenfels. (2013). Does laboratory trading mirror behavior in real world markets? Fair bargaining and competitive bidding on eBay. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 97. 143–154. 15 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E., Ben Greiner, & Axel Ockenfels. (2012). Engineering Trust: Reciprocity in the Production of Reputation Information. Management Science. 59(2). 265–285. 255 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E. & Jeannette Brosig‐Koch. (2011). How do coalitions get built? Evidence from an extensive form coalition game with and without communication. International Journal of Game Theory. 41(3). 623–649. 7 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E., Jordi Brandts, Elena Katok, Axel Ockenfels, & Rami Zwick. (2008). Testing Theories of Other-regarding Behavior: A Sequence of Four Laboratory Studies. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 488–499. 8 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E. & Elena Katok. (2005). An Experimental Test of the Crowding Out Hypothesis: The Nature of Beneficent Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E. & Elena Katok. (2005). An Experimental Test for Gender Differences in Beneficent Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E., Elena Katok, & Axel Ockenfels. (2005). How Effective are Online Reputation Mechanisms? An Experimental Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 23 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E., Jordi Brandts, & Axel Ockenfels. (2005). Fair Procedures: Evidence from Games Involving Lotteries. The Economic Journal. 115(506). 1054–1076. 260 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E., Elena Katok, & Axel Ockenfels. (2004). Cooperation among strangers with limited information about reputation. Journal of Public Economics. 89(8). 1457–1468. 212 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E., Elena Katok, & Axel Ockenfels. (2002). Bridging the Trust Gap in Electronic Markets. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E. & Axel Ockenfels. (2000). ERC: A Theory of Equity, Reciprocity, and Competition. American Economic Review. 90(1). 166–193. 3479 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bolton, Gary E., Elena Katok, & Rami Zwick. (1998). Dictator Game Giving: Rules of Fairness versus Acts of Kindness. SSRN Electronic Journal. 17 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E. & Axel Ockenfels. (1998). Strategy and Equity: An ERC-Analysis of the Güth–van Damme Game. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 42(2-3). 215–226. 58 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E. & Elena Katok. (1998). An experimental test of the crowding out hypothesis: The nature of beneficent behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 37(3). 315–331. 90 indexed citations
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Fong, Duncan Κ. H. & Gary E. Bolton. (1997). Analyzing Ultimatum Bargaining: A Bayesian Approach to the Comparison of Two Potency Curves Under Shape Constraints. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 15(3). 335–344. 15 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E. & Elena Katok. (1995). An experimental test for gender differences in beneficent behavior. Economics Letters. 48(3-4). 287–292. 194 indexed citations
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Bolton, Gary E.. (1991). A Comparative Model of Bargaining: Theory and Evidence. American Economic Review. 81(5). 1096–1136. 447 indexed citations

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