Publications
Journal Articles
Liao, W., Chuang, S., Maher, C., & Song, X. (forthcoming). Examining the Relationship Between Citizen Participation and Municipal Governments’ Fiscal Conditions. Public Performance & Management Review.
Johnson, T. W., Liao, W., Timmons, A., Sanya, H. K., & Ford, K. V. (2024). A Double Taboo? An Exploratory Study of Mental Health Perceptions amongst Black Aerospace Professionals. International Journal of Aviation Research, 16(1).
Park, S., Maher, C., & Liao, W. (2023). Revisiting the (Lack of) Association Between Subjective and Objective Measures of Local Fiscal Condition. Public Budgeting & Finance, 43(3), 39-54.
Lutte, R., Johnson, T., & Liao, W. (2023). In Plain Sight: An Analysis of Factors That Influence the Recruitment and Retention of Black Aviation Professionals. International Journal of Aviation Research, 15(1).
Liao, W., Kuo, N., & Chuang, S. (2021). Taiwan’s Budgetary Responses to COVID-19: The Use of Special Budgets. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 33(1), 24-32.
Liao, W., & Chuang, S. (2020). Assessing the Patterns and Causes of Local Budget Changes: Incremental Budgeting Theory or Punctuated Equilibrium Theory? (檢驗地方政府預算增減之樣態與成因：漸進預算理論或斷續均衡理論？) Journal of Public Administration (Taiwan), 59, 1-29. (In Mandarin)
Maher, C., Oh, J., & Liao, W. (2020). Assessing Fiscal Distress in Small County Governments. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 32(4), 691-711.
Maher, C., Park, S., & Liao, W. (2019). Municipal Referenda Activity in Colorado: Responding to TABOR. Municipal Finance Journal, 40(3), 1-26.
Maher, C., Majumder, M., Liao, W., & Liao, Y. (2019). Spatial Analysis of Local Government Fiscal Condition in Nebraska. Socialiniai Tyrimai/Social Research, 42(1), 19-31.
Kuo, N., & Liao, W. (2018). The Determinants of Debt in Taiwanese Municipalities. (臺灣直轄市及縣(市)政府債務成因分析) Public Finance Review (Taiwan), 47(1), 1-18. (In Mandarin; Invited by the Ministry of Finance, Taiwan)
Book Chapter
Liao, W., & Kuo, N. (2019). Capital Management and Budgeting in Taiwan. In A. Srithongrung, N. Ermasova, & J. Yusuf (Eds.), Capital Management and Budgeting in the Public Sector (pp. 258-279). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.