Research: Social Choice, American Political Development, Constitutional Design.
Teaching: POLS 4030 Contemporary Political Thought, POLS 4070 Theories of Political Choice, and POLS 8020 Formal Analysis.
Education:
1997 |
Ph.D. |
Government and Politics |
University of Maryland |
1988 |
B.A. |
Political Economy |
Tulane University |
Statement of Interests :
Professor Dougherty's research has developed along two lines. The first, focuses on properties of voting rules, quorum requirements, and assembly sizes -- particularly as they relate to political philosophy. The second focuses on the formation of the Constitution and American political development.
Selected Publications/Presentations :
Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
"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: Two Alternative Settings," with Julian Edward, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, 2004, 3(2): 161-189 .
"Public Goods Theory: Eighteenth Century Political Philosophy to Twentieth Century Economics," Public Choice, 2003, 117: 239-253.
" Madison 's Theory of Public Goods" in Samuel Kernell ed. James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Government. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003.
"Suppressing Shays' Rebellion: Collective Action and Constitutional Design under the Articles of Confederation," with Michael Cain, Journal of Theoretical Politics , 1999, 11(2): 233-260
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