Assessment of the Region’s Investment Attractiveness: the Ural Federal District Practice

The article reveals the problem of the region’s investment attractiveness. The author considers two approaches to investment case methodology. The most preferable methods have been chosen and the investment attractiveness of the Ural Federal District has been evaluated. The study identifies investments per capita in the region based on official statistics, and then investments per capita has been verified against the region’s investment attractiveness. The author has found the data interdependency indicators, and some exceptions in Tyumen region where oil industry component predominates.