Bachelor Student Prize Winner

Eighteen students completed their bachelor's degree in 2020 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.

Kevin van Abswoude

 School of Business and Economics | Bachelor Fiscal Economics

"The migration of football players in response to tax rates"

Kevin's elevator pitch 
This Bachelor Thesis deals with the relationship between personal income tax rates and migration patterns of professional football players. As footballers are likely fall in the highest tax bracket, taxes could play a major role in determining a player’s career path. This thesis designs a research using a multiple linear regression model. The identified variables underlying the percentage of foreign football players are a country’s tax rates, average wages, percentage of foreigners and UEFA country coefficients. Hopefully, future research provides a definitive answer whether personal income taxes play a significant role in the migration patterns of football players.