Project Financing Asset-Based Financial Engineering

by Finnerty, John D.

• ISBN13: 9781118394106
• ISBN10: 1118394100
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-04-29
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The attached annotated proposed table of contents identifies the intended revisions. All the chapters in the second edition will be updated, especially the tables and figures in Chapters 3, 4, 13 (old Chapter 12), and 15 (old Chapter 13). New material will be added to the discussion of financial modeling in Chapter 11 (old Chapter 10) and international debt financing in Chapter 13 (old Chapter 12), and the case studies in Chapters 17-20 (old Chapters 15-18) will be brought up-to-date. There will be two new chapters: the analysis and financing of sustainable projects (new Chapter 6) and sharia-compliant (Islamic) project financing (new Chapter 14).

Author Biography

John D. Finnerty, PhD, is Professor of Finance at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business and served as the founding director of the MS in Quantitative Finance Program. He is also Managing Principal of Finnerty Economic Consulting, LLC, which specializes in business valuation, securities valuation, solvency analysis, calculation of damages, and litigation support. Finnerty has testified as an expert in valuation, securities, and other financial matters in federal and state court, and in arbitration and mediation proceedings. His research focuses on corporate finance, including project financing and fixed income securities and derivatives valuation. Finnerty has published thirteen books, including the first and second editions of Project Financing, and more than one hundred articles and professional papers. He is a former president and director of the Fixed Income Analysts Society, and a former president, director, and chair of the trustees of the Eastern Finance Association. Finnerty is a trustee of the Eastern Finance Association and a Director of the Financial Management Association. He was inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame in 2011.

Table of Contents

Dedication ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

CHAPTER 1 What Is Project Financing? 1

CHAPTER 2 The Rationale for Project Financing 13

CHAPTER 3 What Is Special about Large Projects? 33

CHAPTER 4 Who Finances Large Projects? 53

CHAPTER 5 Analyzing Project Viability 71

CHAPTER 6 Analysis and Financing of Renewable Energy Projects 91

CHAPTER 7 Designing Security Arrangements 115

CHAPTER 8 Structuring the Project 131

CHAPTER 9 Preparing the Project Financing Plan 151

CHAPTER 10 Discounted Cash Flow Analysis 169

CHAPTER 11 Financial Modeling and Project Evaluation 193

CHAPTER 12 Using Real-Options Analysis to Evaluate a Project 215

CHAPTER 13 Sources of Project Funds 239

CHAPTER 14 Managing Project Risks 271

CHAPTER 15 Sharia-Compliant Project Financing 305

CHAPTER 16 Issues for the Host Government 331

CHAPTER 17 Case Study: The Indiantown Cogeneration Project 347

CHAPTER 18 Case Study: The Tribasa Toll Road Project 377

CHAPTER 19 Case Study: The Euro Disneyland Project 397

CHAPTER 20 Case Study: The Eurotunnel Project 429

CHAPTER 21 Conclusion 457

APPENDIX A Comparative Terms of Selected Projects 463

APPENDIX B Other Examples of Project Financings 477

APPENDIX C Legal Investment Requirements Governing New York Life Insurance Companies 491

Notes 497

Bibliography 515

Index 000

Web Sites 000