# Professor Robert Whitelaw explains how companies decide where to list their stock

1 Faculty News March 16, 2016 ![Marketplace Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketplace_logo.jpg?itok=IIav3Udj)>

Excerpt from [Marketplace](http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/16/business/stock-exchanges) -- "The choice of stock exchange becomes more important when comparing internationally, said [Whitelaw](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-whitelaw). Companies tend to list in the country where their shareholders live for one thing. For companies in developing or emerging markets, listing in the United States, for example, offers a seal of approval because exchanges there have high standards for governance and reporting."

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