<!-- Author: Simon-Pierre Boucher — simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca -->
# <Emoji> <Title>

**UQO Working Paper No. <N>** — *<Subtitle, or one-line description>*

[![Paper](https://img.shields.io/badge/paper-PDF%20(<P>%20p.)-b31b1b?logo=latex&logoColor=white)](paper/main.pdf)
[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11%2B-3776AB?logo=python&logoColor=white)](requirements.txt)
[![Data](https://img.shields.io/badge/data-<N%20obs>%20·%20<format>-4051b5)](data/raw/README.md)
[![Reproducible](https://img.shields.io/badge/reproducible-end--to--end%20pipeline-2e7d32)](scripts/)
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> **TL;DR** — Three to six lines: question, data (size, period), method, headline numbers, takeaway.

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## 📌 Status

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Version | <x.y> (<Month YYYY>) |
| SSRN | <abstract ID + link> / not yet submitted |
| Journal | <target or submission status> / — |
| Code & data | reproducible from `scripts/` (see Quick start); raw data not redistributed |

## 🎯 What this paper does

Two or three paragraphs: research question, why it matters, what is new. Core equation if any:

```
y_i = α + x_i'β + ε_i
```

## 🏆 Headline results

| Object | Estimate |
|---|---|
| … | … |

## 🗂 Repository layout

```
<repo>/
├── data/
│   ├── raw/                  # <source snapshot> (see data/raw/README.md) — not committed
│   └── processed/            # built by step 01
├── src/<pkg>/                # reusable package
├── scripts/                  # the pipeline, in order
│   ├── 01_….py
│   └── …
├── results/                  # CSV / JSON emitted by the scripts
├── figures/                  # publication figures
└── paper/                    # main.tex + sections/ + references.bib → main.pdf
```

## 🚀 Quick start

```bash
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 scripts/01_….py
…
cd paper && make      # latexmk → main.pdf
```

Runtime and memory on an Apple-silicon laptop.

## 🗃 Data

Provenance, extraction date, number of observations, filters (sample cascade), how to obtain the raw snapshot.

## 🔬 Methodology

Numbered list of the estimation steps, each pointing to the module that implements it.

## 🖼 Figures & tables inventory

| Figure | Content |
|---|---|
| `fig_…` | … |

Tables (`paper/tables/*.tex`): ….

## ⚠️ Limitations

- …

## 📝 Citation

```bibtex
@techreport{boucher2026<key>,
  author      = {Boucher, Simon-Pierre},
  title       = {<Title>: <Subtitle>},
  institution = {Universit\'e du Qu\'ebec en Outaouais, D\'epartement des sciences administratives},
  type        = {Working Paper},
  number      = {<N>},
  year        = {2026},
  month       = {<Month>}
}
```

## 👤 Author & contact

**Simon-Pierre Boucher** — Département des sciences administratives,
Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Gatineau, QC.
📧 [simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca](mailto:simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca)

## 🗒 Notes

- Numbering history / deviations from `Recherche-UQO/HARMONISATION.md`, if any.