<Li> Market liquidity: Cross-listings on deeper and more liquid equity markets could lead to an increase in the liquidity of the stock and a decrease in the cost of capital . </Li> <Li> Information disclosure: Cross-listing on a foreign market can reduce the cost of capital through an improvement of the firm's information environment . Firms can use a cross-listing on markets with stringent disclosure requirements to signal their quality to outside investors and to provide improved information to potential customers and suppliers (for example, by adopting US GAAP). Also, cross-listings tend to be associated with increased media attention, greater analyst coverage, better analysts' forecast accuracy, and higher quality of accounting information . </Li> <Li> Investor protection ("bonding"): Recently, there is a growing academic literature on the so - called "bonding" argument . According to this view, cross-listing in the United States acts as a bonding mechanism used by firms that are incorporated in a jurisdiction with poor investor protection and enforcement systems to commit themselves voluntarily to higher standards of corporate governance . In this way, firms attract investors who would otherwise be reluctant to invest . </Li> <Li> Other motivations: Cross-listing may also be driven by product and labor market considerations (for example, to increase visibility with customers by broadening product identification), to facilitate foreign acquisitions, and to improve labor relations in foreign countries by introducing share and option plans for foreign employees . </Li>

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