# Cost distribution

`kaal:entity:cost-distribution`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `cost-distribution`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2016 to 2016.

**2016**

- [2732915-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2732915-022) [empirical/evidenced] -- Compliance cost is a significant issue for the private fund industry: a majority of respondents put Dodd-Frank compliance costs between $50,000 and $200,000, while a significant minority estimates total compliance cost between $200,000 and over $400,000.
  > Compliance costs are a significant issue for the private fund industry. A majority of respondents found Dodd-Frank compliance costs to range from $50,000 to $200,000. However, a significant minority estimates the total compliance cost will range from $200,000 to over $400,000.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Private Fund Industry Five Years after the Dodd-Frank Act – A Survey Study (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2732915
- [2732915-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2732915-024) [empirical/evidenced] -- The largest group of respondents, 26.5 percent, estimated annual compliance cost for all federal regulations at between $100,000 and $200,000, while a smaller group of 14.3 percent estimated it at more than $400,000 a year.
  > The largest number of respondents (26.5%), however, estimated the annual compliance cost for all federal regulations at between $100,000 and $200,000. A smaller group (14.3%) estimated the cost of compliance as more than $400,000 a year.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Private Fund Industry Five Years after the Dodd-Frank Act – A Survey Study (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2732915
- [2816408-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2816408-006) [mechanism/evidenced] -- Dodd-Frank Act compliance costs fall most heavily on advisers managing the largest number of reporting funds, because private fund advisers incur roughly $10,000 in compliance cost per reporting fund.
  > Because private fund advisers incur about $10,000 compliance cost per reporting fund (Kaal 2013a), Dodd-Frank Act compliance costs are highest for those advisers in our dataset with the highest number of reporting funds under management.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Barbara Luppi, Sandra Paterlini, Did the Dodd-Frank Act Impact Private Fund Performance  – Evidence from 2010 – 2015 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2816408

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