FEATURES OF THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONALCOMPETITIVENESS OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
The paper states that in the system of factors ofcompetitiveness of the national economy an important place is occupied by institutional component of competitiveness. This problem has not been developed enough in the economic theory. The purpose of this study is to analyze the specific institutional factors and conditions for the development of national economy competitiveness. The paper describes the theoretical and methodological basis for the formation, development and assessment of the institutional competitiveness of the national economy, summarizes the mainconcepts of competitiveness, discusses institutional component of the conceptual apparatus. Considerable attention is paid to the analysis of «institutional traps» (barriers), hinderingthe development of institutional factors of economic competitiveness. The author reveals a mechanism for increasing the institutional competitiveness of the national economy.