Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the processes of economic convergence and divergence of regional integration associations

Abstract

The article presents the results of the study of theoretical and methodological provisions and classification attributes (principles, types, approaches, specificity) of the conceptual framework of «convergence/divergence» conceptual systems as applied to regional integration associations in an uncertain geo-economic environment. The authors conducted an extensive review of scientific literature and cross-research materials which helped to identify forms of interaction between integration associations under the conditions of increasing globalization through deepening of integration processes, which made it possible to formulate a new economic effect of regionalization «aggregation». The study, as a whole, deepens the systematic mapping of the development of the main stages in the evolution of economic models based on the theory of convergence and divergence in the system of economic knowledge, which will serve as a basis for retesting old and initiating new empirical tests for econometric modelling of the impact of endogenous and exogenous variables on the activities of integration associations.