Human judgments have become quite important in revenue forecasting processes. This paper centres on human judgments in New York state sales and use tax by examining the actual practices of information integration. Based on the social judgment theory (i.e., the lens model), a judgment analysis exercise was designed and administered to a person from each agency (the Division of the Budget, Assembly Ways and Means Committee Majority and Minority, and the Senate Finance Committee) to understand how information integration is processed among different agencies. The results of the judgment analysis exercise indicated that revenue forecasters put different weight on cues. And, in terms of relative and subjective weights, the cues were used differently, although they were presented with the same information. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Abstract:The dramatic expansion of Taiwan universities/colleges from about 100 to 160 from the late 1980s has encountered problems due to social and global changes. What should Taiwan universities move toward and how? This research relies on secondary data to explore the issues Taiwan universities currently face-a low birth rate and global competition. The decreasing number of incoming students will result in a lower registration rate and less tuition revenue, which will make some universities struggle to survive. Hence, government policies, proposed by the Ministry of Education, have been implemented to assist Taiwan universities to adjust to external changes. The Innovative Transformation Policy, adopted in 2015, consists of strategies for university-industry cooperation, university mergers, university closures, and a re-shaping of the university paradigm. This policy has begun to be implemented and its initial outcome will be continually evaluated. In accordance with the Innovative Transformation Policy, this study encourages Taiwan universities to improve governance, set prominent unique characteristics of development, and enhance global competitiveness.

Public administration and public policy education have been studied or compared all over the world. This article explores Taiwan public policy education by examining the public policy course design of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs of school members of the Taiwan Association for Schools of Public Administration and Affairs (TASPAA). This article attempts to explore: 1) the development of public policy education, 2) the curricular design, and 3) US influence on Taiwan public policy education. The research findings show that undergraduate programs pay particular attention to the relationship between public administration and politics, economics, sociology, and law and between public administration and public management. Training in using technical tools and communication skills for policy analysis is in general underprovided. Nevertheless, MPA programs significantly match the NASPAA master's standards. Management knowledge, applications of policy analysis tools, and institutional factors of public policy are in general sufficiently provided. Doctoral programs emphasize the importance of public policy education since public policy is listed as one of the required courses in almost every doctoral program.

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