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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"royalties"”.
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Mineral royalties : a preview of the development of Mineral Royalty legislation in South Africa
… that legislators reconsider the level of royalties to be levied as well as the mechanism contained in the MPRRA to promote downstream beneficiation to ensure optimal benefits from extracting the nation’s mineral resources. Further research of these aspects could improve the South African …
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Planning an Inclusive Indigenous Energy Transition: Lessons from Tribal Federal Policy and Energy Development to Date
… have provided tribes with over $11.4 billion in royalties, which are used to maintain public infrastructure, run schools, and provide community services. For some tribes, royalties support most tribal operations. For instance, coal royalties supplied 50 percent of the Crow Indian reservation’s …
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Applied mineral economics: an analysis on depletion, taxation and exploration
… Second, the expected impact of mineral royalties on exploration decisions has been addressed in theoretical models. However, an analysis of the impact of the Chilean profit-based royalties on early-stage mineral exploration indicates that the tax changes did not greatly affect average …
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Defining a royalty from a South African perspective for the purposes of the South African Income Tax Act and the South African application of its Double Tax Treaty network
… a royalty is. However, this section applies to royalties and similar payments.
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Withholding tax on services : a square peg in a round hole? : an analysis of intra-group cross border services in the context of source, related transfer pricing principles and witholding taxes
… beyond the traditional withholding taxes on royalties, dividends and interest. Withholding taxes are now often levied on services such as management services, professional services, technical services, financial services, insurance services, fees, commission, advisory services and digital …
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Gold mining taxation in South Affrica : a discussion of the MPRDA, its amendments and whether internal inconsistencies exist in the mining legislation
… by comparing the effects of the introduction of royalties, ring-fencing and the 'use-it or lose-it' clause. It is found that certain inconsistencies do exist.
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Three essays in public finance
… efficiency varies with exogenous variation in royalties. The results indicate that royalties reduce efficiency in providing education and health care services, offering evidence of one of the natural resource curse mechanisms. In Chapter 2, I study the impact of preemptive investment against …
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Brasil Junho/2013: movimentos de rua e o direito de reunião aspectos sociais e constitucionais
… quality education, application of oil royalties in education etc. With this, the work is presented to the general purpose of discussing the legal concept of the right of assembly and demonstration in the light of constitutional building on this short historical period christened June …
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The perennial problem: a critical analysis of the income versus capital distinction in respect of share transactions in the new "Digital" economy
… a range of other receipts and accruals including royalties, compensation, interest, rental and foreign exchange gains. The scope of this dissertation will be limited to an analysis of the problems of application in respect of the disposal of an asset, more specifically the case of share …
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Growth, litigation and innovation of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks
… of these materials billions of dollars in royalties. Today, peer-to-peer networks allow movie file-sharing and free long-distance voice phone calls. Since these uses are still emerging, a close look at the music peer-to-peer market may provide a useful guide to the likely evolution of the …
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Deep-sea mining : dewatering plumes, vortex-induced vibrations and economic modelling
… the results from the model to determine the royalties and fees that will be paid by future contractors in order to share their benefit with the humankind.
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Regulating for the equitable remuneration of music artists in Kenya
… usually incentivized to create when they receive royalties or revenue from the commercialization of their music. Although copyright and related rights initially vest with music artists to enable them to extract the full value of their exclusive rights, many lack the resources to achieve commercial …
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Desafios e Impactos do conteúdo local na indústria de petróleo no Brasil
… promissoras, variação do preço do barril, royalties e, até mesmo, derramamento de óleo, tem ganhado visibilidade na mídia. Esta indústria está em constante crescimento e atrai, a cada dia mais, a atenção da sociedade. O governo brasileiro aproveitou a valorização deste recurso mineral e …
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Evaluation of the "source " rules as contained in section 9 of the South African Income Tax Act as relating to software in the context of the digital economy
… (sales, service arrangements, leases and royalties arrangements) and that it is possible to apportion a software-related payment into these various components for tax purposes. It is only once this characterisation has been completed that the source rules applicable to the various …
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A practical key management and distribution system for IPTV conditional access
… manufacturers in terms of cost savings for royalties and production costs. Furthermore, organisations such as the South African Broadcasting Corporation that are transitioning to Digital-Terrestrial-Television could use an open Conditional Access System (CAS) to restrict content to viewing …
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The impact of coal mining on the living conditions of rural communities in Mozambique: a case study of Cateme
… often offer mixed blessings. On one hand, mining royalties and taxes provide funds that amplify state coffers allowing for investments in infrastructure, social services and community development. In addition, jobs are created and local enterprises find new opportunities to provide goods and …
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An investigation of the impact of NFTs on the Modern Art Market
… equity in art and the efficient payment resale royalties, which are previously put forward through the Artist's contract, but only practically achieved using NFTs, smart contracts and tokenisation on the blockchain. This thesis lays the foundation for subsequent studies to explore other …
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Analytics for financing drug development
… at later stages of drug development for drug royalties of approved drugs, it has yet to be utilized at earlier stages. This thesis starts by extending the model of drug development proposed by Fernandez et al. (2012). These extensions significantly influence the resulting performance and …
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Dealing with plenty: Brazil in the era of surplus oil
… an empirical assessment of the impact of oil royalties on municipal fiscal transparency in Brazil. This paper begins with an overview of the future of the oil industry and fleshes out what Brazil’s role in this future might be. I show that hydrocarbons will continue to be the main source of …
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Music Streaming Platforms Are Artists Getting Paid What They Deserve
… artists with limited leverage and low royalties (Wlömert and Papies, 2016). This study adopts interpretative phenomenological-analytical approach to explore professional musicians’ experiences in the digital marketplace, focusing on their remuneration challenges with streaming …
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