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   "text": "If corporate wrongdoing is not in fact caused by deficient corporate governance, then the governance reform imposed through a non or deferred prosecution agreement is merely a method of settlement rather than a lasting reform effort.",
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   "text": "Among the minority of respondents who believed Dodd-Frank affected fund earnings, the majority attributed that effect to additional compliance costs rather than to lower returns.",
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   "text": "Madoff related cases following the discovery of the Ponzi scheme in 2008 only partially explain the significant increase in the prevalence and importance of private fund investor due diligence after 2009.",
   "abstract": "Madoff-related cases in the aftermath of the discovery of the Madoff Ponzi scheme in 2008 only partially explain the significant increase in the prevalence and importance of private fund IDD after 2009.",
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