Economic Analytics Consulting

Clients rely upon Economic Analytics Consulting, LLC for solutions to complex economic problems and for analysis and advice in a variety of situations. Our services fall into three major categories: Economic Consulting, Litigation Support and Intellectual Property.

Intellectual Property Services include assisting clients with difficult decisions related to maximizing the value of patents, copyrights, trade secrets and trademarks. Economic Consulting includes economic impact studies, pro forma analysis, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses, market analyses and valuing complex securities and derivatives. Litigation Support includes developing and supporting opinions on damages for intellectual property and commercial litigation.

Regardless of the type of service, Economic Analytics Consulting delivers customized client-focused work product on-time and on budget. We understand that the market for professional services is competitive and that clients demand value from their professional services firms.

News Highlights

News Release: 2024 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Generates Economic Impact of $326 Million

June 2024 | A study prepared by Economic Analytics Consulting, LLC shows that the 2024 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo had a total attendance of over 2.5 million visitors during the 23-day event. The attendees included over 1 million unique visitors of which 28% were from outside Greater Houston. These visitors generated $326 million of economic impact and $18 million of fiscal impact. to San Antonio and generated an economic impact of $35.7 million.

News Release: 2023 Valero Alamo Bowl Generates an Economic Impact of $55.9 Million

June 2024 | A study prepared by Economic Analytics Consulting, LLC shows that the 2023 Valero Alamo Bowl featuring #12 University of Oklahoma and #14 University of Arizona brought 43,333 out-of-town visitors to San Antonio and generated an economic impact of $55.9 million. The attendees included over 1 million unique visitors of which 27% were from outside Greater Houston. These visitors generated $227 million of economic impact and $13 million of fiscal impact.

News Release: Economic Analytics Consulting, LLC Conducts On-Site Intercept Surveys at Super Bowl LI

February 7, 2017 | Economic Analytics Consulting, LLC was on-site at Super Bowl LI in Houston. Economic Analytics teamed with Rockport Analytics, Inc. and Creative Consumer Research to conduct intercept surveys of ticketed attendees to understand and quantify the economic impact created by visitors to Houston attending Super Bowl LI. Early attendance estimates indicate over 70,000 ticketed attendees passed through the gates at NRG Stadium. Results from the survey will be incorporated into economic impact studies and disseminated by the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee at a later date.

Services

Economic Consulting

Clients rely upon us to help them identify and quantify the impact of different decisions and events. We specialize in economic analyses such as economic impact studies and feasibility studies.

We help clients understand the impact of policies, programs and events on their businesses and the local economy. This knowledge helps our clients make strategic and profitable decisions.

Litigation Support

We help clients and their advisers with different aspects of the litigation process including expert witness services. We are commonly retained to assist clients with the assessment and quantification of damages in different settings.

Our personnel provide independent and objective analyses, litigation support and expert testimony in litigation cases across the country. Our litigation support services focus on areas such as lost profits, class action damages, intellectual property litigation and other damages analyses.

Intellectual Property

Clients rely upon us to value their intellectual property including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. We also develop monetization strategies for our clients to help them maximize their return on their intellectual property.

We provide clients and their advisers expert witness services through all phases of intellectual property litigation. We handle a range of disputes involving patent, trademark and copyright infringement as well as misappropriation of trade secrets.

Professionals

James D. Woods, Ph.D.

James D. Woods, Ph.D. is a Principal with Economic Analytics Consulting, LLC. Dr. Woods combines his training as a financial economist with over 30 years of business experience to provide efficient, analytical solutions to address his clients’ and colleagues’ challenges and opportunities.

Dr. Woods focuses his efforts on valuing patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, complex securities and derivatives and on evaluating the economic effects of decisions. Dr. Woods has helped his clients extract value from intellectual property through licensing and sale transactions and has testified at trial concerning his opinions of reasonable royalties and lost profits due to the misappropriation of intellectual property. He has also evaluated the economic impact of major sporting events, conventions and corporate relocation decisions.

Dr. Woods began his career with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and has been a principal with national accounting firms. He has been an invited speaker on the value of intellectual property at several influential national and international programs and regularly provides continuing educational programs to lawyers and corporate executives.

In addition to his work assisting clients, Dr. Woods serves as an adjunct professor of finance for the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston where he teaches financial statement analysis to graduate students. He is a Certified Licensing Professional.

Dr. Woods can be reached at 713.487.8841 or JWoods@EconomicAnalyticsConsulting.com

Chris W. Johnson

Chris W. Johnson is a Principal with Economic Analytics Consulting, LLC. Mr. Johnson has over 20 years of experience providing consulting services to a range of public and private companies. Mr. Johnson’s core strengths include economic and financial analysis. Much of his work involves predicting economic actions based upon a variety of assumptions and quantifying the impact of such behaviors. This work is often performed in the context of economic analyses, expert witness services in litigation matters or valuation analyses.

Mr. Johnson conducts economic analyses such as economic impact and feasibility studies that focus on understanding and quantifying the impact of a stimulus, or change, on a local economy. Mr. Johnson has also been designated as an expert in Federal and State Courts and has experience in areas such as the analysis of intellectual property damages, lost profits analyses, quantification of contract damages and class action damages. Mr. Johnson has provided valuation services in the context of litigation matters and for management’s strategic planning and financial reporting. He has valued intellectual property, businesses, options, warrants, preferred stock and other complex financial instruments.

Mr. Johnson is a Certified Valuation Analyst and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Mr. Johnson can be reached at 713.487.8835 or CJohnson@EconomicAnalyticsConsulting.com