Although the market did not seem to view the FIN 48 requirements negatively, corporate managers may still have worried about increased IRS scrutiny of the FIN 48 disclosures. Blouin et al. (2010) examine the number of settlements made with the IRS between enactment and adoption, as well as the number and amount of reserves that were reduced during this period. They find that firms with higher IRS deficiencies were more likely to settle during the period between enactment and adoption and that firms reduced their reserves more during this period than they did prior to enactment.