Essays about: "The Last of Us: Part II"

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1. 1. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
   Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

   Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE

3. 2. Queer representation in digital games : A textual analysis of of The Last of Us Part II

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Josefin Nordin; [2022]
   Keywords : Digital Games; Gender; LGBTQ; Queer; Transgender;

   Abstract : As a fairly new form of media that is currently increasing its number of LGBTQ characters, digital games and their queer representation is an interesting research are, in equal parts in order to see what potential stereotypes and tropes may be in play aswell as to compare it to what has been done before in other forms of storytelling. The question at hand for this thesis is regarding Queer representation in the commercial game The Last of Us Part II, released in 2020. READ MORE

4. 3. Determinants of the relationship between government shutdowns and real stock returns

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Ruta Zemaityte; [2020]
   Keywords : Government shutdowns; Financial markets; Granger causality; Government funding; Risk;

   Abstract : PART I: The effects of government shutdowns on financial markets in the US are still unclear to this day, as they have not garnered enough attention from researchers. The aim of this thesis is to expand the current knowledge on these effects by analyzing how the real returns on the utilities market in the US are Granger caused by government shutdowns. READ MORE

5. 4. ADR premium, its construction around crisis : To what extent is the ADR premium built by the same variables during a crisis as during a non-crisis period?

   University essay from Företagsekonomi

   Author : Guillaume Beaudoux; William Leau; [2013]
   Keywords : Cross-listing; American Depositary Receipts; ADR; Efficient Market Hypothesis; premium; arbitrage; liquidity; exchange rate; US market; VIX; volatility; home market.;

   Abstract : In this thesis, we analyze premium relationship of American depositary receipts (ADR) and their underlying shares. Several researchers have previously identified the main variables influencing the construction of ADR premium of cross-listed companies. READ MORE

6. 5. A Theory of Corporate Governance for the EC: Assessing the economic and legal peculiarities as starting point for policy making

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Juan Pablo Moreno; [2006]
   Keywords : European Affairs; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis provides a critical overview of the development of corporate governance practices in the EC. It seeks to determine if the Community should follow the US response to corporate governance fallouts or instead promote its own practices, taking into consideration the legal and economic backgrounds of the Member States. READ MORE