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Free-riding firms without tradable assets

Explain how do firms with no tradable assets get free-ride from the firms whose securities are internationally tradable?

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Due to spillover effect, firms having non tradable securities may get advantage in terms of higher security prices and lower cost of capital, without incurring any costs linked with building securities internationally tradable. It is an example of free-ride.

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