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- Dr. Meister is an economist specializing in the application of economic analysis to litigation, regulatory, public po... moreDr. Meister is an economist specializing in the application of economic analysis to litigation, regulatory, public policy, and business planning and operations matters. He has extensive experience analyzing economic issues related to the gaming industry, including commercial casinos, racinos, Indian gaming, card rooms, and online gaming. His consulting work has included damage analysis, economic and fiscal impact studies, industry and market analyses, public policy analysis, feasibility analysis, evaluations of regulations, analyses of land-in-trust gaming applications, economic assessments of tribal-state gaming compacts and revenue sharing, surveys, and economic research, analysis, and expert testimony in litigation and regulatory matters. His clients have included gaming facility operators, industry suppliers, investors, governments, and gaming associations. Of particular note, he was previously commissioned by the National Indian Gaming Commission to independently analyze the economic effects of proposed regulatory changes. Dr. Meister has also conducted years of independent, scholarly research on the gaming industry and authored a number of publications, most notably his annual study, the Indian Gaming Industry Report, which has been cited by the United States Supreme Court. He has presented his work at various academic, professional, and industry conferences and testified before the California State Senate on gaming issues. Furthermore, his consulting and scholarly work have been used in matters before the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Supreme Court, and World Trade Organization. Dr. Meister leads the Gaming consulting practice at Nathan Associates.
Dr. Meister provides economic research, analysis, and expert testimony in various types of litigation matters, including antitrust, intellectual property, labor and employment, general commercial litigation, and class actions. He has served as an expert on liability issues, damages, and gaming industry practices and policies. He has conducted damage analyses involving a wide range of claims, including anticompetitive conduct, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, business interruption, fraud, patent/trademark/trade dress infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, tortious interference, and wage and hour disputes.
In antitrust litigation matters, Dr. Meister has analyzed relevant product and geographic markets, the extent and magnitude of competition, market power, and harm to competition. Dr. Meister has analyzed various antitrust issues, including monopolization, attempted monopolization, price fixing, tying, collusion, market allocation, exclusive dealing, and boycotting. In antitrust class action matters, he has conducted economic analysis of issues that are central to the certification of a proposed class, including pass-through of alleged overcharges to end consumers in indirect purchaser cases. In the class-certification stage of class action matters in general, Dr. Meister has conducted analysis of typicality, common impact, and the feasibility of assessing class-wide damages.
In his public policy work, Dr. Meister has conducted economic analysis to identify and measure the effects of: construction, expansion, and operation of various types of businesses; regulations; legislation; taxation; the passage of ballot initiatives; government programs and services; publicly funded projects; sporting and entertainment events; commercial and mixed-use developments in low-income areas; and medical research. His work has included economic and fiscal impact analyses, assessments of the contribution of businesses and industries to the economy, cost-benefit analyses, and surveys.
Dr. Meister has significant experience developing and implementing surveys and performing statistical analysis. He has conducted this work in wide range of contexts, including analyses of: liability and damages in litigation matters; public policy issues; consumer behavior; racial profiling; forensic testing; and skill versus chance games. Prior to joining Nathan Associates, Dr. Meister was a teaching assistant for five years at the University of California, Irvine, where he assisted with teaching courses on probability, statistics, econometrics, and survey design. In addition, he worked for a market research firm that implemented surveys for the motion picture industry.
Dr. Meister holds a Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Irvine.edit
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The national and regional economies in the U.S. remain on a slow growth trajectory, while the casino gaming industry has seen a rapid and ongoing expansion. Consequently, states, Native American tribes, and gaming operators have... more
The national and regional economies in the U.S. remain on a slow growth trajectory, while the casino gaming industry has seen a rapid and ongoing expansion. Consequently, states, Native American tribes, and gaming operators have increasingly shifted their attention from gaming expansion to the problems of regional competition, cannibalization, market maturation, and market saturation. The question of “market saturation” has become a salient point of public policy debate and a topic that is now frequently raised in the industry and media. This paper analyzes the concept of saturation in the context of casino gaming markets and compares several metrics for measuring saturation. We examine several markets widely acknowledged and accepted by the industry as being “saturated” to assess the sufficiency of these metrics for determining whether a market is saturated
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Size of the segment: number of gaming tribes, gaming facilities, gaming machines, and table games; gaming and non-gaming revenue-Performance metrics: growth; measures of concentration; contributions of states to nationwide... more
Size of the segment: number of gaming tribes, gaming facilities, gaming machines, and table games; gaming and non-gaming revenue-Performance metrics: growth; measures of concentration; contributions of states to nationwide performance-Historical and trend analyses-State-by-state market summaries-Comparisons of Class II to Class III gaming-Comparisons to other segments of the gaming industry: commercial casinos, racinos, and card rooms-Contribution of Indian gaming to the U. government affairs consultants, academics, and any individuals interested in the state of Indian gaming. The report is succinct yet thorough in its analysis and information on the state of Indian gaming today. The Report provides nationwide and state statistics (the latter not available anywhere else) for calendar year 2014, the most current data available. Market summaries and performance metrics are provided by state. Summaries include year-over-year comparisons for gaming and non-gaming related revenue. The Re...
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SPREADING THE WEALTH: INDIAN GAMING AND REVENUE-SHARING AGREEMENTS Steven Andrew Light, PH.Df Kathryn RL Rand, JDft Alan P. Meister, PH.Dm "Nobody cared about the tribes when they had nothing. Now we're looking at an era of... more
SPREADING THE WEALTH: INDIAN GAMING AND REVENUE-SHARING AGREEMENTS Steven Andrew Light, PH.Df Kathryn RL Rand, JDft Alan P. Meister, PH.Dm "Nobody cared about the tribes when they had nothing. Now we're looking at an era of transformation between ...
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I. INTRODUCTION Economic development in Indian Country, the topic of this symposium issue, is nearly synonymous with tribal gaming. No other modern industry has had such a substantial economic impact on tribal economies, and no other... more
I. INTRODUCTION Economic development in Indian Country, the topic of this symposium issue, is nearly synonymous with tribal gaming. No other modern industry has had such a substantial economic impact on tribal economies, and no other tribal industry has made such significant contributions outside of tribal economies. Just two decades ago, as Congress deliberated over the bill that would become the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), (2) Indian gaming consisted of a few tribes' high-stakes bingo halls and card rooms in a handful of states. Today tribal gaming is one of the fastest growing segments of legalized gambling in the United States, fed by the robust demand for casino gaming. In 1988, Indian gaming in a few bingo halls earned about $121 million; in calendar year 2007, revenues from 425 gaming facilities operated by 230 tribes in 28 states topped $26.5 billion (3). How did Indian gaming become a multi-billion-dollar industry? What are its economic and fiscal impac...
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Economic development in Indian Country, the topic of this symposium issue, is nearly synonymous with tribal gaming. No other modern industry has had such a substantial economic impact on tribal economies, and no other tribal ... II. A... more
Economic development in Indian Country, the topic of this symposium issue, is nearly synonymous with tribal gaming. No other modern industry has had such a substantial economic impact on tribal economies, and no other tribal ... II. A BRIEF HISTORY OF INDIAN GAMING