% ============================================================================ % UQO Working Paper Template — Economics / Finance % ============================================================================ \documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article} % --- Encoding & Language --- \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[english]{babel} % --- Page Layout --- \usepackage[ letterpaper, top=1in, bottom=1in, left=1in, right=1in ]{geometry} % --- Typography --- \usepackage{mathptmx} % Times-like font (text + math) \usepackage{microtype} % Improved typographic refinements \usepackage{setspace} \onehalfspacing % 1.5 line spacing % --- Math --- \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm} % --- Tables --- \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{multirow} \usepackage{threeparttable} \usepackage{siunitx} \sisetup{ input-symbols = {()}, table-format = -1.3, parse-numbers = false } % --- Figures --- \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{subcaption} \usepackage{algorithm} \usepackage{algpseudocode} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{adjustbox} \usepackage{float} % --- Colors & Links --- \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor} \usepackage[ colorlinks = true, linkcolor = NavyBlue, citecolor = NavyBlue, urlcolor = NavyBlue, breaklinks = true ]{hyperref} % --- Bibliography --- \usepackage[authoryear,round,semicolon]{natbib} \bibliographystyle{aer} % --- Captions --- \usepackage[ font = small, labelfont = bf, labelsep = period, justification = justified, singlelinecheck = false ]{caption} % --- Headers & Footers --- \usepackage{fancyhdr} \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhf{} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage} % --- Section Formatting --- \usepackage{titlesec} \titleformat{\section}{\large\bfseries}{\thesection.}{0.5em}{} \titleformat{\subsection}{\normalsize\bfseries}{\thesubsection.}{0.5em}{} \titleformat{\subsubsection}{\normalsize\itshape}{\thesubsubsection.}{0.5em}{} % --- Appendix Support --- \usepackage[toc,page]{appendix} % --- Misc --- \usepackage{enumitem} \setlist{nosep,leftmargin=*} % ============================================================================ % METADATA — Edit these fields for each working paper % ============================================================================ \newcommand{\WPnumber}{29} \newcommand{\WPtitle}{Protocol-Guided Autonomous Research with Claude Code} \newcommand{\WPsubtitle}{Scientific Verification, Reproducibility, and the Cost of Delegation: A Controlled Study} \newcommand{\WPdate}{October 2026} \newcommand{\WPversion}{1.0} \newcommand{\WPabstract}{% This paper examines \ldots{} We find that \ldots{} Our results suggest \ldots{} These findings contribute to the literature on \ldots{} } \newcommand{\WPkeywords}{autonomous research agents; Claude Code; research protocols; executable verification; reproducibility; agent evaluation; delegation} \newcommand{\WPjel}{C18, C63, C88, O33} % --- Author --- \newcommand{\WPauthor}{Simon-Pierre Boucher} \newcommand{\WPaffiliation}{% Département des sciences administratives\\ Université du Québec en Outaouais% } \newcommand{\WPemail}{simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca} \newcommand{\WPaddress}{% Gatineau -- Pavillon Alexandre-Taché\\ 283, boulevard Alexandre-Taché\\ Gatineau, Québec, Canada J9A 1L8% } % ============================================================================ % DOCUMENT % ============================================================================ \input{tables/numbers} \providecommand{\nRepeats}{3} \begin{document} % --- Title Page --- \input{sections/titlepage} % --- Main Body --- \input{sections/introduction} \input{sections/literature} \input{sections/framework} \input{sections/corpus} \input{sections/implementation} \input{sections/design} \input{sections/evaluation} \input{sections/results} \input{sections/recovery} \input{sections/transfer} \input{sections/reflexive} \input{sections/limitations} \input{sections/conclusion} % --- References --- \newpage \bibliography{references} % --- Appendix --- \input{appendices/appendix} \end{document}