Stability of interregional trade and economic relations as the factor of competitiveness of territories

The article studies competitiveness of regional territorial systems. Based on generalization of a wide range of sources and literature, the authors revealed and normalized factors and criteria of territory competitiveness, formulated their concept of evaluation of territories' competitiveness, which is based on the suggestion to use the stability of interregional trade and economic relations as an indicator of territory competitiveness. The article also suggests a methodology of evaluation of the stability of interregional relations of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation based on the study of goods circulation. © IDOSI Publications, 2014