Abigail R. Hall
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Abigail R. Hall

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Dr. Abigail Hall is an Associate Professor in Economics at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY. She is a Research Fellow with the Independent Institute, a non-partisan research and educational think tank based out of Oakland, California, an affiliated scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and an affiliated scholar with the Foundation for Economic Education. She earned her PhD in Economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, USA in 2015. She graduated with a B.A. in economics and business administration with an additional concentration in mathematics from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Her broader research interests include Austrian Economics, Political Economy and Public Choice, Defense and Peace Economics, and Institutions and Economic Development. Her work includes topics surrounding the U.S. military and national defense, including, domestic police militarization, arm sales, weapons as foreign aid, the cost of military mobilization, and the political economy of military technology. Dr. Hall has published some twenty peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and policy analyses. Her book with co-author Christopher Coyne, Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism analyzes how foreign intervention’s impact on domestic political, social, and other institutions has implications for issues like police militarization, torture and surveillance. The book is under contract with Stanford University Press and will be released in spring 2018. Dr. Hall is very active with media. Her popular press pieces have been featured in Forbes, Newsweek, the Huffington Post, the Washington Times, US News and World Report, among other outlets. She has given interviews to a variety of local, national, and international outlets including PBS and Fox Business regarding her research and other economic issues.
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