Determinants of Regional Competitiveness. Status of Factors Determining Comparative Advantages to Romanian Development Regions.

The article deals with the main factors determining regional competitiveness and indicators that allow assessment of their state and their effects on regional development. Of the nine factors considered to have the strongest influence on regional competitiveness and economic development, those who provide regions with comparative advantages, corresponding to endowment with primary factors, are natural conditions, natural resources and population, including demographic dynamics, whose state in the development regions of Romania is analyzed and evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]