Tai-Yuan Chen, Chen Lung Chin, Shiheng Wang and Chun Yao, ‘The effects of financial reporting on bank loan contracting in global markets: evidence from mandatory IFRS adoption’, compare changes in bank loan facilities for firms in countries that mandatorily adopt IFRS with those for firms in countries that do not adopt IFRS. The IFRS sample comprises 504 firms (25% non-EU) from 17 countries (five non-EU). The number of loan facilities identified for these firms is 3,829 and the period covered is 2000–2011. The control sample from non-IFRS countries is dominated by US and Japanese firms.