Juan Camilo Gomez

Professor

Juan Camilo Gomez

Professor

Juan Camilo Gómez is a Professor of Economics at the University of Washington Bothell School of Business. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota, with fields in game theory and financial economics. His research focuses on game theory, particularly bargaining, cooperative solution concepts, surplus sharing, cost allocation and coalition formation.

Much of his work examines how individuals and organizations can cooperate and share the benefits or costs of cooperation when their interests do not fully coincide. His research has been published in outlets including Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Mathematical Economics, International Journal of Game Theory, Social Choice and Welfare, Mathematical Social Sciences, and Economics Letters. Over his career, he has taught a broad range of economics courses at the undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral levels and has received numerous awards and recognitions for his teaching.

Gómez joined UW Bothell in 2006 as the faculty’s second economist. Over the past 20 years, he has played a central role in building and expanding the Economics program. Working with his Economics colleagues, he helped lead the development of the new Bachelor of Science in Economics, a significant milestone for economics education at UW Bothell. He has also strengthened the School of Business through a range of academic and faculty leadership roles.

Originally from Colombia, Gómez earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics at Universidad de los Andes. Before pursuing an academic career, he worked at Colombia's National Planning Department and in the private sector. He has also held academic appointments at the University of Copenhagen, Macalester College, and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

Education

Ph.D. in Economics
University of Minnesota, 2003

B.Sc. in Mathematics
Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 1996

Courses

  • BBECN 300 Quantitative Methods in Economics – Undergraduate
  • BBUS 310 Managerial Economics – Undergraduate
  • BBUS 504 Microeconomics for Business – MBA
  • BBUS 569 Introduction to Game Theory – MBA
  • BBUS 500 Quantitative Business Methods – MBA

Research and Scholarship Interests

Cooperative Game Theory, Bargaining, Coalition Formation, Surplus Sharing, Cost Allocation, Microeconomic Theory.

University of Washington Bothell School of Business
Professor – 2024-present
Associate Professor – 2012-2024
Assistant Professor – 2006-2012
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs – 2017–2019

Northwestern University Kellog School of Management
Visiting Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences – 2014

Macalester College
Visiting Assistant Professor – Department of Economics – 2004–2006

University of Copenhagen
Postdoctoral Researcher – Institute of Economics – 2003–2004

University of Minnesota
Research and Teaching Assistant – Department of Economics – 1998–2003

Administrative Appointment and Key Leadership Positions

  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs – 2017-2019
  • Chair, AACSB Accreditation Committee – 2020-2021
  • Chair, School of Business Elected Faculty Council – 2025-2026
  • Chair, Graduate Council – 2022-2023, 2025-2026
  • Economics Area Coordinator – 2014-2017, 2022-2023
  • Initiator and Coordinator, School of Business Research Seminar – 2012-2013
  • Chair, MBA Admissions Committee – 2008-2009
  • Bejan, C., Gómez, J.C. 2026. “Beyond the Grand Tour: The Aspiration Core Approach to the Infinite-Period Traveling Salesman Problem.” Journal of Mathematical Economics, 127, 103305. 
  • Bejan, C., Gómez, J.C., van den Nouweland, A. 2022. “On the Importance of Reduced Games in Axiomatizing Core Extensions.” Social Choice and Welfare, 59 3, 637–668. 
  • Bejan, C., Gómez, J.C., van den Nouweland, A. 2021. “Feasibility-free Axiomatization of the Core and Its Non-empty Extension.” Economics Letters, 201, 109779. 
  • Bejan, C., Gómez, J.C. 2018. “Equal Treatment Without Large Numbers.” International Journal of Game Theory, 47 4, 1239–1259. 
  • Bejan, C., Gómez, J.C. 2017. “Employment Lotteries, Endogenous Firm Formation and the Aspiration Core.” Economic Theory Bulletin, 5 2, 215–226. 
  • Bejan, C., Gómez, J.C. 2012. “A Market Interpretation of the Proportional Extended Core.” Economics Letters, 117 3, 636–638. 
  • Bejan, C., Gómez, J.C. 2012. “Axiomatizing Core Extensions.” International Journal of Game Theory, 41 4, 885–898. 
  • Bejan, C., Gómez, J.C. 2012. “Using the Aspiration Core to Predict Coalition Formation.” International Game Theory Review, 14 1, 1250004. 
  • Balakrishnan, P. V., Gómez, J.C., Vohra, R. V. 2011. “The Tempered Aspirations Solution for Bargaining Problems with a Reference Point.” Mathematical Social Sciences, 62 2, 144–150. 
  • Bejan, C., Gómez, J.C. 2009. “Core Extensions for Non-balanced TU-Games.” International Journal of Game Theory, 38 1, 3–16. 
  • Gómez, J.C. 2006. “Achieving Efficiency with Manipulative Bargainers.” Games and Economic Behavior, 57 2, 254–263. 

University of Washington Bothell

  • Finalist, Distinguished Teaching Award (2024, 2010, 2009)
  • MBA Honorable Mention (2023)
  • Bellevue MBA Teaching Award (2020)
  • Bothell MBA Teaching Award (2020)
  • Finalist, Dean’s Undergraduate Teaching Award (2018, 2016)
  • Finalist, Technology MBA Professor of the Year (2017)
  • MBA Professor of the Year (2010)

University of Minnesota, Department of Economics

  • Distinguished Instructor Award (2002, 2001, 2000)

Universidad de los Andes, Department of Mathematics

  • Teaching Distinction (1995)