The paper "Private Equity Acquisitions of Continental European Firms: The Impact of Ownership and Control on the Likelihood of Being Taken Private" published in the European Financial Management (EFM) Journal, (Volume 19, 1, January 2013) has won the Top Download Award for 2013. The winner of the EFM Top Download Award is selected by the number of downloads through the Online Wiley Library. The paper, which studies the motives behind private equity acquisitions of publicly listed firms in continental Europe, is joint work of Ann-Kristin Achleitner (CEFS, Technische Universität München), André Betzer (University of Wuppertal), Marc Goergen (Cardiff University), and Bastian Hinterramskogler (formerly Technische Universität München)