- Docente: Renzo Baccolini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ECON-09/A
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics and Finance (cod. 8835)
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from Sep 15, 2026 to Dec 10, 2026
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide students with the basics of Project Financing and Public-Private Partnership through an integrated methodology, which comprise both theoretical aspects and practical ones (case studies). Topics will be analyzed both on a domestic and international basis. At the end of the course, students will be able to deal with the main aspects of the PF/PPP procedure, to manage the construction of the financial model according to the DCFA, to have a firm grasp of risk assessment and risk allocation.
Course contents
What is Project Finance?
The architecture of PF
The main players
The Project Agreement
Sub Contracts
Risk and its assessment
The financial model
Public Sector Financial Support
Readings/Bibliography
Slides uploaded on Virtuale
E.R. Yescombe Principles of Project Finance AP 2014, second edition
Teaching methods
Vis-a-vis lectures
Joint lectures with selected guest speakers
Assessment methods
Written exam (multiple choice). No mid-term exam
No use of AI. Cell phones, smart watches, I-Pad not allowed
Teaching tools
A simple financial model in Excel will be provided and uploaded on Virtuale
Office hours
See the website of Renzo Baccolini