Professor — Department of Administrative Sciences
Simon-Pierre Boucher
Financial econometrics researcher and macOS/AI developer.
Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Gatineau — Pavillon Alexandre-Taché · Bilingual — French and English
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About
Simon-Pierre Boucher is a Professor in the Department of Administrative Sciences at Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO). His research focuses on financial econometrics, commodity markets, monetary policy announcements, high-frequency finance, volatility modelling, textual analysis, and financialization. He is completing a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Finance and Insurance) at Université Laval under the supervision of Prof. Marie-Hélène Gagnon and Prof. Gabriel Power. Alongside his academic work, he builds native macOS applications focused on AI and local LLMs (the Zyquo suite).
Background
Education
Ph.D. in Business Administration (Finance and Insurance)
Université Laval · 2020–Present
M.Sc. in Business Administration (Finance)
Université Laval · 2017–2019
Thesis: Impact of Commuting Times on Residential Property Values: Evidence from the Province of Québec
B.B.A. in Business Administration (Finance)
Université Laval · 2013–2017
Latest
Research Highlight
Speculative Trading in Energy Markets: Evidence from Macroeconomic Surprises
Boucher, S.-P., Gagnon, M.-H., & Power, G. J. — The Energy Journal
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