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Concluding Congress

The Bachelor Honours Class yearly ends with a congress. During this day the students will be divided in small groups where they formally present their academic paper in front of an expert and friends/family. At the end of this day, representatives of the university, consisting of professors and other leading figures, announce the three best papers.

Previous Winners Essay Prize

Below you can find the winners of the Trust Fund Essay Prize. The first, second and third places received respectively €1000, €500 and €250.

2011

1. Vincent Zijlmans: A House Divided Cannot Stand: The Causes of the Global Food Crisis
2. Daniel Goettman and Zarief Hasrat:  Reviewing Luxembourg's 1994 Health Care Reform: A Statistical Approach 
3. Charissa Rentier and Ronald van Bezu: Burned Out Managers and Anxious Mailmen: An Insight into Differences in Occupational Impact on Mental Health

2010

1. Bram Hendriks: Should Drugs Be Legalized? An Economic Approach
2. Robin Vogelaar and Maurits Paling: Foreign Aid: A Cure or a Dutch Disease?
3. Joost van Gemeren and Tristan kik: OPEC and the Oil Market: A Game Theoretical Approach

2009

1. Ahmed Mahla: Capturing the Elusive Animal Spirits: Evidence from the UK Construction Sector
2. Joann de Zegher: Judging Trees by Their Fruits Rather than by Their Leaves: Why and How to Capitalize on Cooperative Potential in Developing Countries
3. Maurits Paling and Helena Wolf: Manager Bonuses: Does the Agency Theory Hold in Practice?

2008

1. Joyce and Wendy van Luit: Microcredit, a Third World Remedy in New York?
2. Joeri Ooms: Is it Better to Rebel: Striking in the Netherlands
3. Niels Kooman: Co-Evolution Between Economic Growth and Agricultural Development in China

2007

1. Stephan de Ruiter: De toekomst van de Zuidas: zeker of onzeker?
2. Thijs Geesink: Voor een dubbeltje op de eerste rij
3. Erik Hennink: China heeft ook al invloed op westerse aandelenmarkten?!

2006

1. Kristiaan Glorie: Microsoft en de Mededingings-paradox: Vrije Markt Versus Vrije Ondernemers
2. Olaf van Vliet: Hervormingen als Maatstaf voor Vertrouwen in de Economie
   & Arthur de Vreede: Het Dilemma: Democratie of Economie? En de Macht van de Multinational
3. Henk Meester en Elaine Rouwet: De Strijd Tegen Ziekte en Dood in Economisch Perspectief