JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Austin Aldag, Yunji Kim, and Mildred E. Warner. (2019). “Austerity Urbanism or Pragmatic Municipalism? Local Government Responses to Fiscal Stress in New York State.” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X19844794
• Yunji Kim. (2019). “Limits of Fiscal Federalism: How Narratives of Local Government Inefficiency Facilitate Scalar Dumping in New York State.” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 51(3): 636-653. doi: 10.1177/0308518X18796511
• Seung Jong Lee and Yunji Kim. (2018). “Economy Doesn’t Buy Community Wellbeing”: a Study of Factors Shaping Community Wellbeing in South Korea.” International Journal of Community Well-Being. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-018-0004-2
• Austin Aldag, Mildred E. Warner, and Yunji Kim. (forthcoming). “Leviathan or Public Steward? Evidence on Local Government Taxing Behavior from New York State.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism. doi: 10.1093/publius/pjy035
• Yunji Kim and Mildred E. Warner. (2018). “Shrinking Local Autonomy: Corporate Coalitions and the Subnational State.” Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 11 (3): 427-441. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsy020
• Christine Wen, Yuanshuo Xu, Yunji Kim, and Mildred E. Warner. (2018). “Starving Counties, Squeezing Cities: Tax and Expenditure Limits in the US.” Journal of Economic Policy Reform. doi: 10.1080/17487870.2018.1509711
• Yunji Kim. (2018). “Can Alternative Service Delivery Save Cities after the Great Recession? Barriers to Privatisation and Cooperation.” Local Government Studies 44 (1): 44-63. doi: 10.1080/03003930.2017.1395740
• Yunji Kim and Mildred E. Warner. (2018). “Geographies of Local Government Stress after the Great Recession.” Social Policy & Administration 52(1): 365-386. doi: 10.1111/spol.12307
• Yunji Kim. (2017). “Limits of Property Taxes and Charges: City Revenue Structures After the Great Recession.” Urban Affairs Review. doi: 10.1177/1078087417697199
• Yunji Kim and Mildred E. Warner. (2016). “Pragmatic Municipalism: Local Government Service Delivery After the Great Recession.” Public Administration: An International Quarterly 94 (3): 789-805.
• Robert Cummins and Yunji Kim. (2015). “The use and abuse of ‘community’ and ‘neighbourhood’ within disability research: An exposé, clarification, and recommendation.” International Journal of Developmental Disabilities 61 (2): 68-75.
• Yunji Kim, Youngwha Kee and Seung Jong Lee. (2015). “An Analysis of the Relative Importance of Components in Measuring Community Wellbeing: Perspectives of Citizens, Public Officials, and Experts.” Social Indicators Research 121 (2): 345-369.
• Youngwha Kee, Yunji Kim and Yoonjin Lee. (2014). “Sing, Dance, and Be Merry: a Strategy for Successful Urban Development?” Asian Social Science 10 (9): 245-261.
• Yunji Kim and Seung Jong Lee. (2014). “The Development and Application of a Community Wellbeing Index in Korean Metropolitan Cities.” Social Indicators Research 119 (2): 533-558.
• Youngwha Kee, Yunji Kim and Namsuk Kim. (2013). “Developing Community Well-being Indicators for Korea: learning from international cases.” Journal of Regional Studies and Development 22 (1): 1-35. (In Korean)
• Seung Jong Lee, Youngwha Kee, Yunji Kim and Namsuk Kim. (2013). “Comparing Community Well-being Index Evaluations of Experts and Public Officials: Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process Method.” Korean Public Administration Review 47 (1): 295-320. (In Korean)

JOURNAL ARTICLES IN PROGRESS

• Yunji Kim. “Pragmatic Municipalism: A Theoretical Framework for Local Government Responses to Fiscal Stress.” (Manuscript in preparation)

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Seung Jong Lee and Yunji Kim. (2017). “Achieving Community Well-being through Community Participatory Governance: The Case of Saemaul Undong.” In R. Phillips and C. Wong (Eds.), The Handbook of Community Well-Being Research. ISQOLS/Springer Handbook Series.
• Yunji Kim and Kai Ludwigs. (2017). “Measuring Community Well-Being and Individual Well-Being for Public Policy: The Case of the Community Well-Being Atlas.” In R. Phillips and C. Wong (Eds.), The Handbook of Community Well-Being Research. ISQOLS/Springer Handbook Series.
• Seung Jong Lee and Yunji Kim. (2016). “Ch. 2 structure of Well-Being: An Exploratory Study of the Distinction Between Individual Well-Being and Community Well-Being and the Importance of Intersubjective Community Well-Being.” In Y. Kee, S. Lee, and R. Phillips (Eds.), Social Factors and Community Well-Being. Springer Briefs Series in Well-being and Quality of Life Research.
•  Youngwha Kee and Yunji Kim. (2015). “Ch. 31 Republic of Korea.” In B. Findsen and M. Formosa (Eds.), International Perspectives on Older Adult Education. Springer Lifelong Learning Book Series.
•  Seung Jong Lee, Yunji Kim, and Rhonda Phillips. (2015). “Ch. 1 Exploring the Intersection of Community Well-Being and Community Development.” In S. Lee, Y. Kim, and R. Phillips (Eds.), Community Well-being and Community Development: Conceptions and Applications. Springer Briefs Series in Well-being and Quality of Life Research.
•  Seung Jong Lee and Yunji Kim. (2015). “Ch. 2 Searching For the Meaning of Community Well-being.” In S. Lee, Y. Kim, and R. Phillips (Eds.), Community Well-being and Community Development: Conceptions and Applications. Springer Briefs Series in Well-being and Quality of Life Research.
•  Youngwha Kee, Yunji Kim, and Rhonda Phillips. (2015). “Modeling Community Well-Being: A Multi-dimensional Approach.” In Y. Kee, Y. Kim, and R. Phillips (Eds.), Learning and Community Approaches for Promoting Well-being. Springer Briefs Series in Well-being and Quality of Life Research.

 BOOK CHAPTERS IN PROGRESS

• Mildred E. Warner and Yunji Kim. “Understanding Urban Austerity: Fiscal Crisis and the Role of the State.” (Book chapter for Starving the Cities, being developed by Mildred Warner for Cornell University Press)
• Yunji Kim and Abigail Rivin. “The Pension Problem.” (Book chapter for Starving the Cities, being developed by Mildred Warner for Cornell University Press)

EDITED BOOKS

• Seung Jong Lee, Yunji Kim, and Rhonda Phillips (eds.). (2015). Community Well-being and Community Development: Conceptions and Applications. Springer Briefs Series in Well-being and Quality of Life Research.
• Youngwha Kee, Yunji Kim, and Rhonda Phillips (eds.). (2015). Learning and Community Approaches for Promoting Well-being. Springer Briefs Series in Well-being and Quality of Life Research.

EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS

• Austin Aldag, Yunji Kim, Mildred Warner. (March 2019). “Meeting Service Needs With Tight Resources: Local Governments Employ a Range of Tools to Address Challenges,” PM Magazine Local Government Review, International City/County Management Association (ICMA).
• Bradley Hanson and Yunji Kim. (February 2019). “Tips for Levy Limit Referendums,” Local Government Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
• Yunji Kim. (August 2018). “Local Government Fiscal Stress in Wisconsin,” The Municipality, League of Wisconsin Municipalities
• Yunji Kim. (July 2018). “Local Governments and Fiscal Stress,” The Municipality, League of Wisconsin Municipalities
•  Austin Aldag, Mildred Warner, Yunji Kim. (Fall 2017). “Cornell Survey Reveals NYS Local Government Fiscal Stress,” New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) Fall 2017 News Magazine.
•  Austin Aldag, Mildred Warner, Yunji Kim. (May 2017). “What Causes Local Fiscal Stress? What Can Be Done About It?,” Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
•  Youngwha Kee, Seung Jong Lee, Yunji Kim. (February 2017) “Connecting Social Indicators and Public Policy: A Review of Community Wellbeing Models and Measurements,” SINET Social Indicators Network News Number 130.
•  Yunji Kim. (June 2016). “Community Wellbeing Indicators and the History of ‘Beyond GDP’,” Research & Policy Brief Series, CaRDI Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
•  Khadija Anjum, Hannah Bahnmiller, Hien Dinh, Alia Fierro, Jieun Kim, Jessica Masters, Disha Mendhekar, Kaitlyn Olbrich, Kyra Spotte-Smith, Keaton Wetzel, Jubek Yongo-Bure, Yunji Kim, Mildred E. Warner. (December 2015). “Facing Fiscal Challenges: Moving Toward a New York State and Local Government Partnership,” Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
•  Abigail Rivin and Yunji Kim. (March 2014). “The Pension Problem: Myth or Reality? The State of Public Pensions in Upstate New York,” State of New York Cities, Case Study 5, CaRDI Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

 EXTENSION PRESENTATIONS

• Yunji Kim (Sept. 26, 2018). “Exploring Local Government Budgets: The G.R.E.A.T. Tool.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 Town and Village Officials Workshop, Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Attendees: 90
• Yunji Kim (Sept. 25, 2018). “Exploring Local Government Budgets: The G.R.E.A.T. Tool.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 Town and Village Officials Workshop, Warrens, Wisconsin. Attendees: 83
•  Yunji Kim (Sept. 24, 2018). “Exploring Local Government Budgets: The G.R.E.A.T. Tool.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 Town and Village Officials Workshop, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Attendees: 163
•  Yunji Kim (Sept. 19, 2018). “Exploring Local Government Budgets: The G.R.E.A.T. Tool.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 Town and Village Officials Workshop, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Attendees: 78
•  Yunji Kim (Sept. 18, 2018). “Exploring Local Government Budgets: The G.R.E.A.T. Tool.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 Town and Village Officials Workshop, Ripon, Wisconsin. Attendees: 105
•  Yunji Kim (Sept. 17, 2018). “Exploring Local Government Budgets: The G.R.E.A.T. Tool.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 Town and Village Officials Workshop, Wausau, Wisconsin. Attendees: 55
•  Yunji Kim (Sept. 13, 2018). “Exploring Local Government Budgets: The G.R.E.A.T. Tool.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 Town and Village Officials Workshop, Wabeno, Wisconsin. Attendees: 49
•  Yunji Kim (Sept. 12, 2018). “Exploring Local Government Budgets: The G.R.E.A.T. Tool.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 Town and Village Officials Workshop, Minocqua, Wisconsin. Attendees: 57
•  Yunji Kim (Sept. 11, 2018). “Exploring Local Government Budgets: The G.R.E.A.T. Tool.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 Town and Village Officials Workshop, Cable, Wisconsin. Attendees: 78
•  Yunji Kim (May 23, 2018). “County Budgeting Process.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 County Officials Workshop (COWS), Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim (May 22, 2018). “County Budgeting Process.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 County Officials Workshop (COWS), Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim (May 16, 2018). “County Budgeting Process.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 County Officials Workshop (COWS), DeForest, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim (May 15, 2018). “County Budgeting Process.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 County Officials Workshop (COWS), Richland Center, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim (May 10, 2018). “County Budgeting Process.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 County Officials Workshop (COWS), Green Bay, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim (May 9, 2018). “County Budgeting Process.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 County Officials Workshop (COWS), Minocqua, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim (May 8, 2018). “County Budgeting Process.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 County Officials Workshop (COWS), Cable, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim (April 12, 2018). “Local Government Fiscal Stress: Drivers and Responses.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2018 Local Government Essentials Series, Madison, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim (Dec. 1, 2017). “State Austerity, Local Fiscal Stress, and the Future: National and Wisconsin View.” Delivered at the Conference on “State Austerity and Local Fiscal Stress” at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
•  Yunji Kim (Oct. 22, 2017). “Where is the State Partner? How State Policies Shape Local Fiscal Challenges.” Delivered at the 103rd Annual Conference of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), San Antonio, Texas.
•  Yunji Kim. (Sept. 26, 2017). “Budgeting 101.” 2017 Wisconsin Counties Association Annual Conference, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (July 2017). “Local Fiscal Challenges and Responses” on The Local Perspective, League of Wisconsin Municipalities.
•  Yunji Kim. (July 14, 2017). “Local Government Fiscal Challenges: National Overview.” Wisconsin Counties Association Taxation & Finance Steering Committee meeting, Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (June 9, 2017). “Driving Local Austerity: A Tale of Inefficient Local Governments in New York State.” 2017 League of Wisconsin Municipalities Urban Policy Forum, Madison, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (June 7, 2017). “Developing Your Annual Budget.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2017 Local Government Essentials Series, Madison, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (May 18, 2017). “Budget and Finance Basics.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2017 Town Officials Workshop, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (May 17, 2017). “Budget and Finance Basics.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2017 Town Officials Workshop, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (May 16, 2017). “Budget and Finance Basics.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2017 Town Officials Workshop, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (May 11, 2017). “Budget and Finance Basics.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2017 Town Officials Workshop, Minocqua, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (May 10, 2017). “Budget and Finance Basics.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2017 Town Officials Workshop, Cable, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (May 9, 2017). “Budget and Finance Basics.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2017 Town Officials Workshop, Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (May 4, 2017). “Budget and Finance Basics.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2017 Town Officials Workshop, DeForest, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (May 3, 2017). “Budget and Finance Basics.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2017 Town Officials Workshop, Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (May 2, 2017). “Budget and Finance Basics.” University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Center 2017 Town Officials Workshop, Tomah, Wisconsin.
•  Yunji Kim. (Nov. 16, 2016) “Limits of Fiscal Federalism: How Political Narratives in Upstate New York Constrain Local Governments.” Delivered at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Research and Practice in Progress Briefing, Albany, New York. 
•  Yunji Kim and Mildred E. Warner (Sept. 27, 2016). “Pragmatism in the Face of Austerity.” Delivered at the 102nd Annual Conference of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), Kansas City, Missouri.
•  Mildred E. Warner and Yunji Kim. (Feb. 15, 2016). “Fiscal Stress and Creative Local Response.” Association of Towns of the State of New York Annual Meeting, New York, New York.
•  Yunji Kim and Mildred E. Warner. (Nov. 18, 2015) “Understanding Austerity: State & Local Responses Since the Great Recession.” Delivered at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Research and Practice in Progress Briefing, Albany, New York.
•  Yunji Kim. (July 15, 2015). “Community Well-being Indicators in an International Context.” 2015 Community Development Institute: Strong Families ↔ Strong Communities, CaRDI, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
•  Yunji Kim. (May 28, 2015). “Local Government Reform: The Need for a State Partner.” Association of Erie County Governments Meeting, Buffalo, New York.

 BOOK REVIEWS

• Yunji Kim. (2015). Book review of Reviving Critical Planning Theory: Dealing with Pressure, Neo-liberalism, and Responsibility in Communicative Planning by Tore Sager in Journal of Planning Education and Research 35(1): 105-106.

INVITED TALKS

• Yunji Kim. “Who’s Driving the Austerity Machine? Money, Power, and the Role of State Policies” Delivered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs Spring 2018 Seminar Series, Madison, Wisconsin on April 25, 2018.
•  Yunji Kim. “Driving Local Austerity: A Narrative of Inefficient Local Governments in New York State.” Delivered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Urban and Regional Planning & Landscape Architecture Spring 2017 Lecture Series, Madison, Wisconsin on April 28, 2017.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Yunji Kim, Austin Aldag, and Mildred Warner. “On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin: Patterning Preemption to Undermine Labor Rights” Delivered at the 49th Annual Conference of Urban Affairs Association (UAA), Los Angeles, California on April 25, 2019.
•  Yunji Kim, Austin Aldag, and Mildred Warner. “A Balanced View: How Structural Pressures and Local Conditions Shape US Local Government Managers’ Perceptions of Fiscal Stress.” Delivered at the 69th Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association (PSA), Nottingham, United Kingdom on April 15, 2019.
•  Yunji Kim and Mildred Warner. “Shrinking Local Autonomy: Money, Power and the Role of the Subnational State.” Delivered at the 58th Annual Conference of The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Buffalo, New York on October 25, 2018.
•  Yunji Kim, Mildred Warner, Austin Aldag. “State Preemptions and Local Government Fiscal Stress.” Delivered at “From Research to Action: The Impacts of State Preemptions and the Search for Local Solutions,” Phoenix, Arizona on October 2, 2018
•  Yunji Kim, Austin Aldag, Mildred Warner. “Who Overrides State-Imposed Levy Limits? A Tale of Two New York’s.” Delivered at the 60^th Annual Conference of The Western Social Science Association (WSSA), San Antonio, Texas on April 6, 2018.
•  Yunji Kim, Christine Wen, Yuanshuo Xu, Mildred Warner. “Starving Counties, Squeezing Cities: Tax and Expenditure Limits in the US.” Delivered at the 60^th Annual Conference of The Western Social Science Association (WSSA), San Antonio, Texas on April 6, 2018.
•  Yunji Kim, Austin Aldag, Mildred Warner. “Local Government Responses to State Austerity policy in New York State.” Delivered at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Denver, Colorado on Oct. 14, 2017.
•  Yunji Kim, Austin Aldag, Mildred Warner. “Cuts or Revenue Enhancements? Local Government Responses to Fiscal Stress in New York State.” Delivered at the 29th Annual Conference of the Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM), Washington DC on Sept. 30, 2017.
•  Yunji Kim. “State Policy and Local Fiscal Stress: A Framework of How State Governments Shape Local Government Abilities to Address Fiscal Challenges.” Delivered at the 80^th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society (RSS), Columbus, Ohio on Jul. 29, 2017.
•  Yunji Kim. “State Austerity and Pragmatic Municipalism in Upstate New York.” Delivered at the 56^th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Portland, Oregon on Nov. 3, 2016.
•  Yunji Kim and Mildred E. Warner. “Pragmatism in the Face of Austerity.” Delivered at the 102^nd Annual Conference of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), Kansas City, Missouri on Sept. 27, 2016.
•  Seung Jong Lee and Yunji Kim. “Economy Doesn’t Buy Community Wellbeing: A Study of Factors Shaping Community Wellbeing in South Korea.” Delivered at the 14^th International Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea on Aug. 27, 2016.
•  Yunji Kim. “City Stress and Revenues After the Great Recession.” Delivered at the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) 46^th Annual Conference, San Diego, California on Mar. 19, 2016.
•  Yunji Kim. “Indicators of Fiscal Stress in US Cities: Property Tax or Charges Dependence?” Delivered at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) 55^th Annual Conference, Houston, Texas on Oct. 24, 2015.
•  Yunji Kim and Mildred E. Warner. “Geographies of City Stress, State Policy, and Local Restructuring After the Great Recession.” Delivered at the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) 45th Annual Conference, Miami, Florida on Apr. 9, 2015.
•  Yunji Kim and Seung Jong Lee. “Achieving Development and Community Wellbeing: The Community Participatory Governance Model of Saemaul Undong.” Delivered at the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) 2015 Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois on Mar. 9, 2015.
•  Yunji Kim and Mildred E. Warner. “City Service Delivery Under Austerity.” Delivered at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) 54^th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Nov. 1, 2014.
•  Seung Jong Lee and Yunji Kim. “Embedding Community Wellbeing in Public Policy: An exploratory study of relationships between various types of wellbeing.” Delivered at the 12th International Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), Free University, Berlin, Germany on Sept. 15, 2014.
•  Yunji Kim and Seung Jong Lee. “Korean Community Wellbeing Index Development and Application.” The Korean Association for Public Administration (KAPA) Summer Annual Conference, Mokwon University, Daejeon, Korea on June 25, 2011. (In Korean)
•  Jikyoung Yun and Yunji Kim. “A Study of Citizenship of Saemaul Leaders: Focusing on Gumi City and Gwanakgu.” Delivered at International Symposium of Designing Governance for Civil Society, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan on Mar. 6, 2010.