Appropriate Methods of the Regional Investment Attractiveness Evaluation

The article presents the methodology of assessing investment attractiveness by Russian rating agencies. The author compared the two common techniques such as the National Rating Agency and Expert RA, as well as revealed similar and distinctive features of these techniques. Graphic representation of the rating of regions and the calculation of the correlation coefficient showed that the correlation among Russian methods is very weak. The authors concluded – the method of evaluation of investment attractiveness affects the final result.