Royalties for Artists Versus Royalties for Authors and Composers

Minimising tax on writing fees and royalties.

Maximizing Federal Natural Gas Royalties

I conducted research to enable the US Minerals Management Service (MMS) to maximize natural gas royalties. MMS is the agency of the US Department of the Interior responsible for managing mineral royalties. As part of managing royalties, MMS decides whether to accept royalties in value (cash payment, RIV) or in kind (physical transfer of gas, RIK). When MMS collects RIK, it also decides how to t...

Modelling the Excess Burden of Royalties

Injunctions, Hold-Up, and Patent Royalties

This paper studies royalty negotiations between a patent holder and a downstream firm selling a product which is more valuable if it includes a feature covered by the patent. Royalties are negotiated in the shadow of patent litigation, which will determine whether or not the patent is valid and infringed. If the two firms negotiate after the downstream firm has already designed its product to i...

Milestone Payments or Royalties? Contract Design for R&D Licensing