Michael Dougherty

Biographic Data

ID185475
NAMEMichael Dougherty
GIVEN NAMESMichael
FAMILY NAMEDougherty
SIGNATUREDOUGHERTY M
AFFILIATIONSWest Virginia University
ORCID0000-0002-1043-7690
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Fallows’ 11 signs a city will succeed and successful community and economic development activities

    Michael DoughertyARTICLECommunity Development2025References: 14

    The 2016 article “Eleven Signs a City will Succeed” and the 2018 book Our Towns has influenced those interested in community development, causing many to list characteristics of place to demonstrate it will be successful in its development activities. But the “signs” have not been evaluated. This article explores whether those signs provide guidance to those working in community development. It explains the signs, operationalizes them, and tests …

  • Tourism marketing for the rest of us: How lesser-known places can get better results with smaller budgets

    Michael DoughertyARTICLECommunity Development2022

    Tourism marketing for the rest of us: How lesser-known places can get better results with smaller budgets." Community Development, 53(2), pp. 253–254

  • The small town planning handbook, 3rd edition

    Michael Dougherty, Michael John DoughertyARTICLECommunity Development2013

    by Thomas L. Daniels, John W. Keller, Mark B. Lapping, Katherine Daniels, and James Segedy, Chicago, Planners Press (American Planning Association), 2007, 402 pp., $67.95 (paperback), ISBN 1-932364

  • Marketing UNterstate highways: Bringing Out-of-Town Dollars to Non-Destination Small Towns

    Michael Dougherty, Michael John DoughertyARTICLECommunity Development2013

    by John L. Gann, Jr., Glen Ellyn, IL, Carpe Horam, 2009, 78 pp, $77.95.Marketing UNterstate Highways is not your typical community development book. It is a spiral bound, specialty-published instru

  • The impact of performance budgeting on state budget outcomes

    Open AccessKenneth A Klase, Michael Dougherty et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Budgeting…2008

    Little empirical analysis has occurred of the influence of performance-based budgeting on appropriation decision-making or budget outcomes, and most research has focused on the perceptions of budget officials. This research empirically tests to what extent the implementation of performance-based budgeting has had an impact on the actual allocation of resources in the form of Constant Per Capita Expenditures in the states. A pooled cross-sectional…

  • Managerial Necessity and the Art of Creating Surpluses: The Budget‐Execution Process in West Virginia Cities

    Open AccessMichael Dougherty, Michael John Dougherty et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review2003Cited by: 8

    Budget execution traditionally has been defined as a straightforward process of implementing the budget as approved. Research into the process has been limited, particularly with regard to local government budgets. This article examines the rebudgeting process using a case study of 15 West Virginia cities. Rebudgeting displayed a consistent pattern for the various budget categories—personnel, contracts, commodities, capital, and contributions—clo…

  • Household Composition Timeline

    Open AccessHeather Mcilvaine-Newsad, Amy Sullivan et al.ARTICLECAM2003References: 10

    Those who conduct applied field research cannot ignore the importance of the household as a unit of analysis. Academics and practitioners alike have written a great deal about the prominence of households around the world and throughout history. One of the difficulties often encountered with using the household as a unit of analysis is how best to compare households for the purpose of making relevant suggestions for how they might best reach thei…

  • The relationships between public finance issues, financial management issues, and conditions of fiscal stress in small and rural governments: The case of west Virginia

    Open AccessMichael Dougherty, Michael John Dougherty et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Budgeting…2000

    Small and rural communities face severe fiscal constraints. Many factors affect governance in these localities. Because of this, a vital concern are the relationships between “Fiscal Stress” and other factors. Multivariate analysis techniques are utilized to examine these relationships based on data collected from a survey of West Virginia local public officials. The analysis showed that “Public Finance” and “Financial Management” factors affect …

  • To Steal a Kingdom

    Thomas J Osborne, Michael Dougherty et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1994