• Motivation for and Structure of the Study.- Company Taxation Regimes in the Asia-Pacific Region, India, and Russia.- The Effective Tax Burden on Domestic and Cross-Border Investments in the Asia-Pacific Region.- Tax Incentives in the Asia-Pacific Region.- Tax Planning Strategies.- Corporate Taxation and Foreign Direct Investment Flows.

From the reviews: "This study provides an overview and extensive analysis of company taxation in the Asia-Pacific region, India, and Russia. ... For the first time the renowned methodology of Devereux/Griffith for determining effective tax rates has been applied to the Asia-Pacific region, India, and Russia in an international comparison. This methodology is now the standard approach to measuring effective tax burdens within the European Union." (Aktuelle Steuerrundschau, June, 2011)