BVR provides over 150 free resources on our Free Downloads page. They include articles, papers, court cases, and videos featuring top experts in the field of business valuation. Which downloads have been the most popular with BV professionals? Over the past year, the Top 10 downloads were:

• Commissioner v. Estate of Jelke (briefs on writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court);
• Holland v. United States (tax case);
• “State-by-State Summary of Economic Resources”;
• “The Implied Private Company Pricing Line” (new method of estimating cost of capital for small private companies);
• “Pitfalls in Levering and Unlevering Beta and Cost of Capital Estimates in DCF Valuations” (Journal of Applied Corporate Finance);
• “The Increase of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in 2013 and the Impact on Lack of Marketability”;
• “2013 Duff & Phelps Risk Premium Report”;
• “Compare Apples to Apples: Recommended Adjustments to Transactional Data”;
• “FLP Appraisals: Plan for the New Matrix”; and
• “Factset Mergerstat Review Excerpt 2013.”