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   "text": "The study's core hypothesis, drawn from the industry view and the anecdotal evidence, is that smaller hedge fund advisers pay more relative to their size than larger hedge fund advisers for Title IV compliance.",
   "abstract": "Hypothesis: Dodd-Frank Effect on Hedge Fund Category. Smaller hedge fund advisers pay more relative to their size than larger hedge fund advisers for Title IV Compliance.",
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   "text": "Under the TOLD condition, with one provider in one stipulated environment, the two bounty arms protected records in 38 and 22 percent of wrongful attempts, the direction of crowding the model predicts; the registered bounty hypothesis was not supported.",
   "abstract": "Should intelligent agents have legal rights? This Article sets that question aside and asks a smaller one that matters more in practice. An intelligent agent that earns a reputation record has something to lose.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Should an Intelligent Agent Have Legal Rights? (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7596939",
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   "text": "The registered result supports the primary claim only under stated limits, with one provider and one stipulated environment, conditional on a stated payoff objective, and with the bounty hypothesis not supported.",
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