Institutional factors of socio-economic systems development

The results of empirical studies of the relationship between the elements of the institutional environment and the degree of their influence on the socio-economic systems development are presented. ?Freedom?, ?trust?, ?tolerance?, ?rent-seeking and legal behavior? are selected as the basic elements of the institutional environment; quantitative measurements of their performance are developed. The results of communication correlation analysis by Pearson’s and Spearman’s criteria for indicators of the institutional environment welfare are shown.