Russian Industry in 2008-2009: History of the Crisis According to Industrial Surveys

FThis paper was prepared based on the surveys among managers of industrial enterprises, which are conducted by IET in compliance with the European harmonized methodology monthly, from September 1992 and cover the entire territory of the Russian Federation. The panel is about 1100 companies, which employ more than 15 per cent of total employment in the industry. The panel is biased towards large enterprises in each of the sub-industries. Feedback on questionnaires is 65-70 per cent.