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1% Author: Simon-Pierre Boucher — contact@spboucher.ai2%3% ============================================================================4% Title Page5% ============================================================================6\thispagestyle{empty}78\begin{center}910% --- Logo ---11\includegraphics[width=3.5cm]{uq_logo.jpg}1213\vspace{0.6cm}1415{\footnotesize\textsc{Universit\'e du Qu\'ebec en Outaouais}}\\[0.15cm]16{\footnotesize\textsc{D\'epartement des sciences administratives}}1718\vspace{0.8cm}1920{\footnotesize\textsc{Working Paper No.~\WPnumber}}2122\vspace{1.2cm}2324% --- Title ---25{\LARGE\bfseries \WPtitle\par}2627\ifx\WPsubtitle\empty\else28  \vspace{0.3cm}29  {\large\itshape \WPsubtitle\par}30\fi3132\vspace{1.2cm}3334% --- Author ---35{\large \WPauthor\footnotemark[1]}\\[0.3cm]36{\normalsize\itshape \WPaffiliation}3738\footnotetext[1]{D\'epartement des sciences administratives, Universit\'e du Qu\'ebec en Outaouais (UQO), 283 boulevard Alexandre-Tach\'e, Gatineau, QC J9A 1L8, Canada. Email: \href{mailto:\WPemail}{\WPemail}. All errors are my own.}3940\vspace{0.8cm}4142% --- Date & Version ---43{\normalsize First draft: May 2026}\\[0.1cm]44{\normalsize This version: August 5, 2026}\\[0.1cm]45{\small\itshape Version~\WPversion}4647\end{center}4849\vfill5051\newpage5253% ============================================================================54% Abstract Page55% ============================================================================56\thispagestyle{empty}5758\vspace*{1cm}5960\noindent\rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}61\vspace{0.3cm}6263\noindent\textbf{Abstract}6465\vspace{0.15cm}6667\noindent\WPabstract6869\vspace{0.4cm}7071\noindent\textbf{Keywords:} \WPkeywords7273\vspace{0.15cm}7475\noindent\textbf{JEL Classification:} \WPjel7677\vspace{0.3cm}78\noindent\rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}7980\newpage81