Local Government Restructuring Lab

Warner, M. E., Zhao, Z., Xu, Y. and Li, X. (2026). Using Large Language Models to Assess Equity in US Local Government American Rescue Plans, Journal of the American Planning Association, forthcoming. 

Diaz Torres, Paula and Mildred E. Warner (2025). A Policy Window for Equity? The American Rescue Plan and Local Government Response, Journal of Urban Affairs, 47 (10), 3537-3555. (on line since 2024). 

Xu, Yuanshuo and Mildred E. Warner (2024). Fiscal Federalism, ARPA and the Politics of Repair, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 54(3): 487–510.

Warner, Mildred E. and Paige M. Kelly, 2024. Proceed with Caution: US Local Governments and the American Rescue Plan, Local Government Studies, 50(3), 573–595.

Warner, Mildred E. and Austin M. Aldag. 2023. Pandemic Relief Spending by New York Local Governments, Journal of Rural Studies, 104: 103157.

Warner, M.E., Kelly, P. M. and Zhang, X. (2022). “Challenging Austerity under the Covid-19 State,"  Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, special issue on ‘The State and the Covid Crisis,’ forthcoming.

Kelly, P. & Warner, M.E. (2022). How will New York Local Governments Use their ARPA funds? Issue brief. Local Government Restructuring Lab, Cornell University.

Warner, M.E. (2022). Advancing Equity: Local Government Responses in the Time of COVID-19. Issue brief. Local Government Restructuring Lab, Cornell University.