Daniele Colombo

Daniele Colombo

Ph.D. student in Economics

Project Log

Project Log

Repo Summary

  • Personal academic website built with Jekyll/AcademicPages.
  • Research pages live mainly under _publications/; shared HTML head metadata lives under _includes/.
  • Static PDFs and data downloads are served from files/, while figures are served from images/.

Entries

2026-07-08 18:59:07 +02:00

  • What changed: Added Google Scholar citation metadata for Gas Prices and the Macroeconomy, updated the paper download link to a title-matching PDF filename, and copied the current PDF to that new filename.
  • Why: Scholar public search was preferring older EconStor/RePEc metadata under the previous title; explicit citation_* tags give Scholar a stronger current metadata source.
  • Files touched: _publications/2024-Colombo-Toni.md, _includes/head.html, files/Colombo_Toni_2025_Gas_Prices_and_the_Macroeconomy.pdf, PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: Targeted source smoke check passed for weather title/authors/DOI/PDF URL, Shocks or Shifts title/author/no-PDF decision, and removal of bottom duplicate suggested-citation lines from gas and weather pages.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Update EconStor/RePEc/LEM metadata upstream so Scholar stops ranking the old title as the main version.

2026-07-08 19:00:54 +02:00

  • What changed: Completed validation for the Google Scholar metadata update and recorded that local Jekyll tooling is unavailable on PATH.
  • Why: The website source now gives Scholar explicit current metadata for Gas Prices and the Macroeconomy, but the rendered build could not be tested locally without Ruby/Bundler/Jekyll.
  • Files touched: _publications/2024-Colombo-Toni.md, _includes/head.html, files/Colombo_Toni_2025_Gas_Prices_and_the_Macroeconomy.pdf, PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: Select-String metadata source check passed; targeted PowerShell smoke check passed for front matter, title, authors, DOI, PDF link, head meta tags, and PDF existence; bundle exec jekyll build –trace failed because bundle is not recognized; where.exe ruby/bundle/jekyll found no executables.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Run bundle exec jekyll build in an environment with Ruby/Bundler/Jekyll before publishing if you want full rendered-site validation; update EconStor/RePEc/LEM metadata upstream.

2026-07-08 19:06:30 +02:00

  • What changed: Pushed the Google Scholar metadata update to GitHub Pages and verified the live page.
  • Why: Confirmed the deployed HTML now exposes the corrected citation metadata for Scholar crawling.
  • Files touched: PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: git push origin master succeeded; live page returned HTTP 200; live HTML contains citation_title, citation_author, citation_publication_date, citation_doi, citation_pdf_url, and citation_abstract_html_url; live HTML contains the new PDF filename and no longer contains the old paper PDF filename.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Update EconStor/RePEc/LEM records so Scholar search stops preferring the old title from external repositories.

2026-07-08 19:15:21 +02:00

  • What changed: Added Google Scholar citation metadata for the weather paper and the Shocks or Shifts WIP page; removed bottom duplicate suggested-citation lines where top recommended citations are generated from front matter.
  • Why: Keep Scholar-readable metadata consistent across visible research pages while avoiding duplicate visible citation text on publication pages.
  • Files touched: _publications/2023-Colombo-Ferrara.md, _publications/2025-Colombo.md, _publications/2024-Colombo-Toni.md, PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: Targeted source smoke check passed for weather title/authors/DOI/PDF URL, Shocks or Shifts title/author/no-PDF decision, and removal of bottom duplicate suggested-citation lines from gas and weather pages.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Add citation_pdf_url for the Shocks or Shifts WIP page only after the public PDF title/content matches that title.

2026-07-08 19:20:49 +02:00

  • What changed: Verified the deployed Scholar metadata updates for gas, weather, and Shocks or Shifts pages after GitHub Pages rebuilt.
  • Why: Confirmed the live site, not only source files, reflects the citation metadata and duplicate citation cleanup.
  • Files touched: PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: git push origin master succeeded for commit 98852f4; raw GitHub source check confirmed weather metadata; YAML front matter parser check passed for all three publication pages; live pages returned HTTP 200; live gas/weather/WIP pages contain expected citation_title metadata; gas and weather no longer contain bottom Suggested citation text; WIP has no citation_pdf_url.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Add a WIP citation_pdf_url only after the public draft PDF title/content is updated to Shocks or Shifts.

2026-08-21 11:18:16 +02:00

  • What changed: Updated the Gas Prices and the Macroeconomy website abstract to match the current PDF.
  • Why: Keep the Research page aligned with the August 1, 2026 paper draft.
  • Files touched: _publications/2024-Colombo-Toni.md, PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: Python/pypdf comparison passed after normalizing PDF ligatures and line-break hyphenation; the website abstract matches the PDF abstract.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Add the requested Orthogonalizing Shocks draft-coming-soon research entry after confirming its exact title and citation details.

2026-08-21 11:40:20 +02:00

  • What changed: Added the Orthogonalizing Proxy-Identified Shocks work-in-progress entry; replaced the legacy Gas Prices PDF with the current version; changed the Gas Prices download and citation metadata to the established legacy PDF URL.
  • Why: Display the new preliminary project while preserving a stable, widely shared paper URL that now serves the current 112-page version.
  • Files touched: _publications/2026-Colombo-Ragusa.md, _publications/2024-Colombo-Toni.md, files/COLOMBO_TONI_2024_Gas_Price_Shocks_and_the_Inflation_Surge.pdf, PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: SHA-256 comparison passed for legacy and current PDF copies; source check passed for both uses of the stable URL and the WIP entry title/status/text; git diff –check passed with only existing line-ending warnings.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Keep the legacy Gas Prices filename in place for future revisions; replace its contents whenever a newer version should become the public default.

2026-08-21 12:03:08 +02:00

  • What changed: Updated the Shocks or Shifts website abstract from the latest MAIN_normalization.tex manuscript source; retained the existing title.
  • Why: Keep the Work in Progress page aligned with the current Overleaf draft’s framing of observed shifts, latent shocks, normalization, and inference.
  • Files touched: _publications/2025-Colombo.md, PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: Python comparison passed after normalizing LaTeX en-dash punctuation and whitespace; git diff –check passed with only existing line-ending warnings.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Commit and push this abstract update when ready.

2026-08-21 12:49:06 +02:00

  • What changed: Rebuilt the Research page as a dedicated, compact paper-card list with distinct Working Papers and Work in Progress sections; added status badges, abstract previews, and available Paper/SSRN/Slides/Details actions; standardized research-card metadata without changing the Gas Prices entry’s visible 2024 year.
  • Why: Replace the visually uneven generic archive layout with a clearer research-specific hierarchy while preserving the generic archive template for other site sections.
  • Files touched: _pages/publications.md, _includes/research-card.html, _sass/_research.scss, assets/css/main.scss, _publications/2023-Colombo-Ferrara.md, _publications/2024-Colombo-Toni.md, _publications/2025-Colombo.md, _publications/2026-Colombo-Ragusa.md, PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: PowerShell static checks passed for card fields, stable Gas Prices year, action conditions, stylesheet import, and valid theme variables; git diff –check passed with existing line-ending warnings only. Ruby/Bundler/Jekyll are not installed on PATH, so a rendered local build was not available.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Commit and push the Research redesign, then visually check the deployed /papers/ page on desktop and mobile. If reverted after commit, git revert <commit> restores the former generic archive layout in one step.

2026-08-21 13:08:56 +02:00

  • What changed: Removed the Research-page introduction and repeated Working Paper badges; made truncated abstract previews expandable through a native ellipsis control and collapsible with Show less.
  • Why: Reduce repeated visual labels and let visitors read full abstracts on the Research page without leaving it or loading JavaScript.
  • Files touched: _pages/publications.md, _includes/research-card.html, _sass/_research.scss, PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: PowerShell checks passed for removal of the requested text and badge fallback, preservation of WIP labels, and presence of the native expandable-control markup/styles; git diff –check passed with existing line-ending warnings only.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Commit and push this follow-up, then visually test ellipsis expansion and collapse on the deployed page.

2026-08-21 13:52:02 +02:00

  • What changed: Added a Home-page-only layout flag and stylesheet that hide the redundant visible Home heading, enlarge the existing introduction, and render the unchanged Updates entries as a responsive date-aligned timeline.
  • Why: Improve landing-page hierarchy and scanability without rewriting its content or changing the shared layout for other pages.
  • Files touched: _pages/about.md, _layouts/single.html, _sass/_home.scss, assets/css/main.scss, PROJECT_LOG.md.
  • Commands/tests run + results: PowerShell structural checks passed for Home layout flags, scoped title hiding, timeline selectors, mobile styles, and stylesheet import; git diff –check passed with existing line-ending warnings only. Ruby/Bundler/Jekyll remain unavailable on PATH, so no rendered local build was possible.
  • Follow-ups / TODOs: Commit and push the Home-page visual update, then inspect the deployed Home page at desktop and mobile widths.