Professor Dougherty's research has developed along two broad lines. The first, and more recent, investigates the probability that various voting rules, assembly sizes, and quorum requirements adhere to a criterion, or sets of criteria, when individual preferences are unknown. For example, he has compared the properties of simple and absolute majority rule (with Julian Edward) assuming that behavior is either sincere or strategic. This line of his research has been published in journals such as Economic Inquiry and the Journal of Politics.

The second focuses on the formation of the Constitution, federalism, and American political development. His book Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation, published by Cambridge University Press, uses theoretical, historical, and empirical techniques to explain state contributions to the confederation congress and the framing of the Constitution. Other works in this area have been published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Economic History, and the Journal of Theoretical Politics.

Mailing Address
Department of Political Science
Baldwin Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602

Phone (706) 542-2989
Fax  (706) 542-4421
E-mail: dougherk@uga.edu