As we mentioned in discussing research on the cost of capital, Brüggemann et al (2013) note that the samples for Daske et al (2008) and a number of other studies – by implication including Hail and Leuz (2007) and Christensen et al (2013) – may well be biased towards larger publicly-traded companies. The findings of these studies may not, therefore, hold for smaller publicly-traded companies or for the population of publicly-traded companies as a whole. Shibly and Dumontier (2014) appear to allay this concern, as they find that the liquidity benefits of IFRS adoption are greater for smaller publicly-traded companies than for larger ones.