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   "text": "Legal decisions involving private fund due diligence increased substantially after 2005 and especially after 2008, and the broad, narrow, and hand selected case categories all increased consistently with a slight lapse in 2014.",
   "abstract": "Figure 3 shows that the legal decisions involving private fund due diligence have substantially increased since 2005, but especially since 2008. Cases involving IDD in the broad, narrow, and selected case categories all consistently increased overall, with a slight lapse in 2014.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Investor Due Diligence – Evidence from 1995 to 2015 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811718",
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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.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Investor Due Diligence – Evidence from 1995 to 2015 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811718",
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