The author also finds that mandatory adopters in strong legal enforcement countries experience a cost of capital reduction of 91 basis points, whereas mandatory adopters in poor legal enforcement countries (which include France and Germany) ‘experience no significant change in the cost of equity capital after 2005’. The author also finds that for mandatory adopters in strong enforcement countries, the reduction in the cost of equity capital is significantly greater where there is a large increase in disclosures and where there is a large increase in comparability.