EC1B3 Coursework Submission Form

GROUP NAME:
LSE
STUDENT STUDENT STUDENT EMAIL
CANDIDAT
NAME LSE ID ADDRESS
E NUMBER
Vickran
v.shanmugabalan
1. Shanmugabal 42500 202218345
@lse.ac.uk
an
GROUP Briyanna b.sharma8@lse.ac.
2. 45486 202135121
MEMBERS: Sharma uk
m.kumar8@lse.ac.
3. Mansa Kumar 48503 202216642
uk
Naveena
4. 55214 202232587 n.vedak@lse.ac.uk
Vedak
Devesh d.gandhewar@lse.
5. 55035 202220737
Gandhewar ac.uk
LINK TO VIDEO:
DESCRIBE HOW YOUR
GROUP Akcigit, U. & Ates, S. T. (2019), ‘What happened to US business
COORDINATED THE dynamism?’,NBER Working Paper25756
PROJECT AND
SHARED TASKS. IF Brynjolfsson, E. (1993), ‘The productivity paradox of information
YOU HAVE CITED technology’,Communications of the ACM36(12), 66–77
SOME RESEARCH
WORK, INCLUDE Brynjolfsson, E. & Hitt, L. M. (2000), ‘Beyond computation:
Information technology, organizational transformationand
HERE THE
business performance’,Journal of Economic Perspectives14(4),
BIBLIOGRAPHIC
23–48
REFERENCES.
Dunn, A., Whitmire, B., Batch, A., Fernando, L. & Rittmueller, L.
(2018), ‘High spending growth rates for keydiseases in 2000–14
were driven by technology and demographic factors’,Health
Affairs37(6), 915–924

Feenstra, R. C. & Hanson, G. H. (1999), ‘The impact of

outsourcing and high-technology capital on wages: Esti-mates for
the United States, 1979-1990’,The Quarterly Journal of
Economics114(3), 907–940.

Lashkari, D., Bauer, A. & Boussard, J. (2019), ‘Information

technology and returns to scale’,Banque de FranceWorking
Paper737.
Nordhaus, W. D. (2021), ‘Are we approaching an economic

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 singularity? information technology and the future ofeconomic
growth’,American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics13(1),
299–332.

All the members of our group conducted research into the

various sections mentioned in the reading. We all made
detailed notes and concluded that technology has the most
significant impact TFP. Devesh created the introduction to our
video. Brianna created the conclusion. Mansa criticised and
analysed the Solow model. Naveena extracted material from
the report and summarised key material. We all created a script
for our respective parts and Vickran narrated for our video.

DECLARATION (to be Vickran Shanmugabalan

signed by all group Naveena Vedak
members, by typing Briyanna Sharma
your names): Manska Kumar
All components of the Devesh Gandhewar
group have
contributed in equal

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terms to the video
creation
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DECLARATION: 42500
Please acknowledge the 45486
declaration by signing 48503
using your candidate 55214
number in the box e.g.
55035
Candidate 32784.

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I solemnly undertake to
abide by the
Department of
Economics Honour Code
during this assessment.