Assertion: regulation's effect | /r/HasProperty | to add fixed cost
Facets:
value: to going public
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Even though the culprits of the debacle were very much from the world of big business, the net effect of Sarbox on small businesses was to add a fixed cost (massive accounting fees) to going public, an expense that large companies could easily afford, but which was (and is) burdensome on smaller firms.