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The (Altus) Economics of Steam Online Gaming

Altus Economics comments on online gaming economic expirements by Steam

Independent technology news site and online community GeekWire has published excerpts to an interview between Gabe Newell of Valve Corp., the entity behind online game distributor behemoth Steam, and former Microsoft Games chief Ed Fries moderating for the WTIA TechNW panel.

In the Comment section of this online article can be found Dr. Newman's summary retort to some of the flawed economic principles Newell cites in Steam's online gaming economic "experiments":

http://altuseconomics.com Ross Newman
They get an A on games and and F in economics. Its not a perfectly elastic demand curve that yields constant revenues. The demand curve in this case is a rectangular hyperbola: P x Q = Constant. The elasticity of the demand curve is unitary = 1.0

View the interview excerpt between Newell and Fries with Dr. Newman's online comment here.

Source: Bishop, Todd, GeekWire, "How Valve experiments with the economics of video games". October 23, 2011. http://www.geekwire.com/2011/experiments-video-game-economics-valves-gabe-newell

Publication of 'International Taxation - Theory and Practice'

Altus Alliance member spotlight: Sakura Shiga

In 2009, Altus Alliance - Japan member Sakura Shiga co-authored and edited a chapter on International Taxation in the book “Tax Aspects of Legal Dispute Resolution”. Expanding upon this earlier writing, Shiga-san has now published 'International Taxation - Theory and Practice' through publisher Minjihou-Kenkyuukai. As a specialist in Transfer Pricing, Shiga-san has dedicated an entire chapter to the topic, with it and other international taxation issues discussed in the following chapters:

OECD solicits scoping of Transfer Pricing Aspects of Intangibles

Altus Alliance contributes to scoping of OECD project on Transfer Pricing Aspects of Intangibles

The Altus Alliance participated in the submission of comments to the OECD for the scoping of a Transfer Pricing Aspects of Intangibles project, set to commence in 2011. On November 9, 2010, Working Party No. 6 of the OECD met with private sector commentators to discuss contributions and scoping. Click here to view the Altus Alliance Comments on Chapters VI and VIII of the OECD TP Guidelines.

For additional information regarding the new OECD project regarding Transfer Pricing Aspects of Intangibles, visit the OECD Transfer Pricing Aspects of Intangibles homepage.

Euromoney’s 2011 Guide to the World's Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers

Altus Alliance members recognized in Euromoney’s 2011 Guide to the World's Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers

Legal Media Group's Expert Guides series has recognized Altus Alliance members NLC Asesoria of Venezuela and EnterPricing of Argentina as leading Transfer Pricing advisers in South America as part of Euromoney’s 2011 Guide to the World's Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers.