| (1) | German Research Council, 1991 - 1993, approximately DM 120 000,- per annum, project: Joint Ventures and Foreign Investment with special reference to the P.R. of China. |
| (2) | German Research Council, 1994 - 1997, approximately DM 120 000,- per annum, project: Globalisation and Endogenous Commercial Policy. |
| (3) | Volkswagen Foundation, 1994 - 1997, approximately DM 120 000,- per annum, project: The Role of Foreign Trade in the Transformation Process of Eastern European Economies. |
| (4) | Volkswagen Foundation, 1998-2000, approximately DM 120 000,-, project: Special Economic Zones and their effects in the People's Republic of China |
| (5) | Volkswagen Foundation, 2000 - 2003, approximately DM 200 000,-, project: Harmonisation within the EU through institutional competition? |
| (6) | German Research Council, 2002 - 2005, |