Bachelor Student Prize Winner

Eighteen students completed their bachelor's degree in 2021 with a thesis that was labelled ‘excellent’ by their faculty. Here you will find a short introduction to these excellent theses in the form of an "elevator pitch" from each student, plus a video in which the supervisor briefly addresses the lucky winner.

Noah Helsloot

  School of Business and Economics | Bachelor Fiscal Economics

"What effect did the Paradise Papers have on the CSR-policies of the large multinationals involved?"

Noah's elevator pitch
Benjamin Franklin once said: “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes”. While the first one is inevitable, the second one is subject to many debates and controversy. An interesting example of the latter was the publication of the Paradise Papers in 2017, a massive worldwide tax-avoidance scandal. Although technically legal, the public backlash could lead to serious reputational damage for multinationals involved. In my thesis I propose a research strategy to investigate whether or not involved multinationals improved their policies regarding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), in order to hedge against potential negative consequences of the Paradise Papers.