Affiliations: [a] Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics,
National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece | [b] Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research,
Athens, Greece | Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author: Michail Vassiliadis,
Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research, %and Laboratory of Industrial
and Energy Economics, National Technical University of Athens, 11 Tsami
Karatassou Str., 117 42, Athens, Greece. Tel.: +30 2109211270; Fax: +30
2109228130; E-mail: mvassiliadis@iobe.gr
Abstract: This paper is a comprehensive examination of the methodological evolution of the
Annual Industrial Survey from its initiation in 1958 until 2010. Emphasis is
given to the compliance of the survey with international methodological
standards and to its conformity to relevant widely stipulated and accepted
regulations. The existing literature using AIS data highlights its contribution
to studies in several fields of economic research, going beyond those concerning
the manufacturing sector, as well as to policy making.
