Yongtae Kim and Siqi Li, ‘The externality effect of international financial reporting
convergence: evidence from cross-border information transfers’, look at the effects of
mandatory IFRS adoption in the EU on information transfers in the EU. The sample is 830
firms (661 mandatory adopters and 169 voluntary adopters) from 18 EU countries. The
periods covered are 2002–2004 and 2006–2008 ie, excluding the year of mandatory
adoption. The voluntary adopters are included for control purposes.