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The major purpose of this study is to examine the effect of various fac-tors on the willingness of listing firms to raise capital from foreign capitalmarkets, and the choices of foreign capital markets. Results of the study are as follows:1.Firm size, degree of the assets expansion, degree of dependance on foreign countries, and industries attributes are the main factors influencing deci- sions to raising funds abroad.2.Agent cost also influence the ways to raise capital from overseas, but pro- fitability and capital structure weren''t found to be significant. Besides, the factor of company growth ability is significant for electric industry.3.United States, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Singarpore, Hong Kong, U.K. and the Japan are found to be the most popular areas for issuing DR, bonds and for- eign listing.4.When electing foreign capital market, the main considerations are the size of foreign capital market and consulting advices by investment banks.
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