Determination of the Financing Scale, Time Limit and Returns from the Investment in BOT Projects

The key aspect to the successful implementation of BOT concept is the raising of finance by project sponsor, so financial engineering techniques and capital structuring skills are required to find the proper mix of debt and equity. The capital structure and present a model to determine the equity level from the aspects of financing scale, construction time and return on investment are analyzed. The resulting model can help the sponsor to avoid the capital risk, and offer the government a criterion to evaluate management ability of the sponsor. To show the application and availability of this model, a case study is conducted. Thus, this paper is concern with the determination of financing scale, construction time, and return on investment which would assist the sponsor to ensure that the equity level for optimal capital structure is available prior to the implementation stage in BOT project operation.