Valuation Methods and Shareholder Valuation Creation is one of the most popular BV downloads at the Social Science Research Network, (over 1000 copies downloaded), followed by DCF Business Valuation with Imputed Interest on the Stock of Equity (over 180 downloads)  The site (“Tomorrow’s Research Today”) posts academic working papers as well as those accepted for publication, in an effort to achieve “rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research.”  The site boasts nearly 150,000 complete papers, and has accommodated 14 million free downloads.   Our quick search for “business valuation” turned up the two cited papers on a list of more than 250, including one of the most recent—posted in March, “Valuation in Emerging Markets” by researchers at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business Administration.