Abigail R Hall

Biographic Data

ID6038113
NAMEAbigail R Hall
GIVEN NAMESAbigail R
FAMILY NAMEHall
SIGNATUREHALL A R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Tampa
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1968
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • The Samaritan bureaucracy in international transfers

    Open AccessChristopher J Coyne, Abigail R Hall et al.ARTICLEPublic Choice2026Cited by: 2References: 72

    Conventional wisdom tells us that other-regarding sentiments are desirable as they yield positive social outcomes. However, the consequences of other-regarding behaviors are broadly ambiguous and may have unintended consequences, especially when they must pass through institutional filters. In this paper, we use the Samaritan’s Dilemma model to understand the perverse unintended consequences of institutionalized commitments to resource transfers …

  • Program data for studying Policing and militarization

    Nathan T Connealy, Abigail R Hall et al.ARTICLEPolice Practice and Research2024

    The 1033 Program involves the transfer of military equipment to law enforcement agencies across the United States. The Program allows law enforcement unparalleled access to a variety of military equipment for discretionary use. Owing to issues of data, not much is known about the impact of 1033 on relevant law enforcement strategies and outcomes; including how much equipment an agency has, how the equipment is used, and the impacts of the equipme…

  • Surveillance capitalism and the surveillance state

    Open AccessYahya Alshamy, Christopher J Coyne et al.ARTICLEConstitutional Political Economy2024Cited by: 2References: 10

    What is the connection between mass surveillance and institutions of individual agency, freedom, and self-governance? Recent literature on “surveillance capitalism” argues that, over the past two decades, the capitalist Big Tech companies have commodified personal data for profit. This commodification goes beyond gathering information to improve the products provided by the collecting organization directly and entails using data to predict what p…

  • The Political Economy of Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the War on Terror

    Open AccessAnne Rathbone Bradley, Christopher J Coyne et al.BOOKPolitical Economy of Terrorism,…2023

    This Element explores the topics of terrorism, counterterrorism, and the US government's war on terror following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. It draw on insights from Austrian and public choice economics. First, the foundations of the economics of terrorism are discussed emphasizing that the behaviors of terrorists and counter-terrorists are purposeful and goal-oriented. Then, the economics of counterterrorism policies and the importanc…

  • Manufacturing Militarism

    Christopher J Coyne, Abigail R HallBOOKManufacturing Militarism2021

    The U.S. government's prime enemy in the War on Terror is not a shadowy mastermind dispatching suicide bombers. It is the informed American citizen. With Manufacturing Militarism , Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall detail how military propaganda has targeted Americans since 9/11. From the darkened cinema to the football field to the airport screening line, the U.S. government has purposefully inflated the actual threat of terrorism and the…

  • Conclusion

    Christopher J Coyne, Abigail R HallCHAPTERManufacturing Militarism2021

  • Tyranny Comes Home

    Christopher J Coyne, Abigail R HallBOOKTyranny Comes Home2020

    This book explains how repressive foreign policies can "boomerang" back home, reshaping domestic affairs. The authors illustrate this startling pattern through four developments in the United States: the rise of government surveillance, the militarization of police, the expanding use of drones, and torture in U.S. prisons

  • The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Asylum Policy

    Open AccessMichael Coon, Michael A Coon et al.ARTICLEPeace Review2020

    During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump ran on a platform in which he vowed to fight illegal immigration, famously promising to build a wall along the southern border of the United Stat

  • War and Human Rights Abuses in the United States

    Open AccessChristopher J Coyne, Abigail R HallARTICLEPeace Review2018References: 1

    Many of the devastating effects of war are widely recognized. From the destruction of human life and the immediate economic implications of conflict, to the long-term effects on war-torn areas, it

  • Empire State of Mind

    Open AccessChristopher J Coyne, Abigail R Hall et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2015

  • Jonathan D. Caverley

    Open AccessAbigail R Hall, Abigail HallARTICLEPublic Choice2015

  • Perfecting Tyranny

    Open AccessChristopher J Coyne, Abigail R HallARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2014

  • A hidden cost of war

    Open AccessChristopher J Coyne, Abigail R Hall et al.ARTICLEPublic Choice2014References: 14

  • Report of Council and Financial Statement

    Open AccessJ A Chaldecott, Abigail R HallARTICLEThe British Journal for the…1968

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