Taking into Account Impact of Shadow Economy upon the Level of Financial Development of the Region

The article considers specific features of taking into account the shadow sector of economy when assessing financial possibilities of the region. It analyses main components of the financial potential of the territory: financial potential of local authorities, enterprises, households, financial intermediaries, export and import potential, all-state financial potential and investment potential. It justifies a necessity of formation of an efficient mechanism of assessment of gross and net financial potential of the region. It offers to use correction factors that allow finding the level of financial potential with consideration of hidden (shadow) financial flows and also determining prospective levels of financial potential. On the basis of duplicate financial flows the article conducts comparison of calculation of net and gross financial potential of the region.