Research: Institutional Design, American Political Development, Social Choice.

Teaching: POLS 4030 Contemporary Political Thought, POLS 4070 Theories of Political Choice, and POLS 8020 Formal Analysis.

Education:

Statement of Interests :

Professor Dougherty's research focuses on all aspects of Institutional design, largely with respect to American politics. This includes normative and empirical studies of the implications of institutions as well as studies on why various institutions have been adopted.

Selected Publications/Presentations :

Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation, New York :
Cambridge University Press, 2001.

"The Properties of Simple vs. Absolute Majority Rule: Cases where
Absences and Abstentions are Important," with Julian Edward, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2010, 22: 1 (forthcoming).

"Odd or Even: Assembly Size and Majority Rule," with Julian Edward, Journal of Politics, 2009, 71(2): 733-47.

"Voting on Slavery at the Constitutional Convention," with Jac
Heckelman, Public Choice, 2008, 136 (3-4): 293-313 -- awarded the Gordon Tullock Prize for best article of the year by younger scholars.

"A Pivotal Voter from a Pivotal State: Roger Sherman at the
Constitutional Convention," with Jac Heckelman, American Political
Science Review, 2006, 100(2): 297-302.

"A Non-Equilibrium Analysis of Unanimity Rule, Majority Rule, and
Pareto," with Julian Edward, Economic Inquiry, 2005, 43(4): 855-864.

"The Pareto Efficiency and Expected Costs of K-majority Rules," with Julian Edward, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, 2004, 3(2): 161-189.