Research

Submitted

1. Applying a risk-risk tradeoff economics approach to the occupational health of nurses: economic and microbial risk analysis, with Amanda M. Wilson, Susan Chilton,  Denise Kent and Lynn Gerald

2. From the Rare to the Essential: Analyzing the Needs of Physicians and Families Managing Rare Diseases,  with Patricia Triunfo, Mariana Gerstenblüth, Victor Raggio, Patricia Cardozo, Lucia Spangenberg and Hugo Naya

3. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Tobacco Cessation Program in a Country with Advanced Smoking Policies, with Patricia Triunfo, Mariana Gerstenblüth

Published in peer-reviewed journals

1. The effects of stress and mindfulness meditation on decisions related to risk and time, with Nadja Kairies-Schwarz and Natalia Bulla-Holthaus (forthcoming in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics). 

2. Clear Waters, Bright Futures: How Low-Cost Information Interventions Can Increase Health Preventive Behaviors, with Muhammad Khan, Rafi Amir-ud-Din and Zahra Murad (forthcoming in Health Economics)

   • Blog coverage in English.

3. Incorporating risk-risk tradeoff outputs into reverse quantitative microbial risk assessments, with Amanda M. Wilson, Marc P. Verhougstraete, Kerry A. Hamilton, Yoonhee Jung , Susan Chilton and Ahamed Ashraf. 2024. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene. 

4. Risk and time preferences in individuals with lifestyle-related and non-lifestyle-related cardiovascular diseases:  a pilot study.  with Nadja Kairies-Schwarz, Natalia Bulla, Esther Wankmüller, Georg Wolff, Veronika Gontscharuk, Yvonne Heinen, Stefan Perings, Maximilian Brockmeyer, Malte Kelm, Andrea Icks. 2024. BMJ Open, 14(5), e080867 

5. A double-bounded risk-risk trade-off analysis of heatwave-related mortality risk: Evidence from India, with Susan Chilton, Darren Duxbury, Irene Mussio, Jytte Nielsen and Smriti Sharma. 2024, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 68(1), 1-23. 

   • Blog  coverage in English.

6. Can political gridlock undermine checks and balances? A lab experiment. Alvaro Forteza, Irene Mussio and Juan S. Pereyra. 2024. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 108, 102128.

7. A risk-risk trade-off assessment of climate-induced mortality risk changes, Irene Mussio, Susan Chilton, Darren Duxbury and Jytte Nielsen. 2023.  Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 1-17.  

   • Media coverage in English. Newcastle University coverage, Living Deltas Hub)

8. An (un)healthy social dilemma: a normative messaging field experiment with flu vaccinations, Irene Mussio and Angela de Oliveira. 2022. Health Economics Review 12 (41).  

9. Higher order risk attitudes in the time of COVID-19: An experimental study, Irene Mussio, Maximiliano Sosa Andrés and Abdul Kidwai. 2022. Oxford Economic Papers 75 (1), pp 163-182. 

10. The effect of additional background risk on mixed risk behavior. Irene Mussio and Angela de Oliveira. 2022. Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy 6 (S1) . Special Issue Recent Applications and Developments in Behavioral Economics and Finance.

11. Asthma and Infection risk-risk trade-offs related to cleaning and disinfection.Amanda M. Wilson, Irene Mussio, Susan Chilton, Lynn B. Gerald, Rachael M. Jones, Frank Drews, Judy LaKind, Paloma I. Beamer. 2022. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23)

12. Analyzing parental beliefs on children’s asthma severity: a joint estimation approach of revealed and stated preferences. Irene Mussio, Sylvia Brandt and Michael Hanemann. 2021. Health Economics (30)1, pp 129-143

13. Contribution densities, transitions and pension rights: The case of Jordan. Alvaro Forteza and Irene Mussio. 2017. Journal of International Development 29 (1): 67-88.

14. Vigilante Justice and Police Protocols in the Latin American South Cone. Máximo Rossi, Cecilia Chouhy, Irene Mussio and Fernando Borraz. 2017. Sociology International Journal 1(1).

15. How do cultural activities influence happiness? investigating the relationship between self-reported well-being and leisure. Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Mariana Gerstenblüth, Irene Mussio, and Máximo Rossi. 2016. Estudios Económicos 31 (2): 217-34.

16. Assessing Redistribution in the Uruguayan Social Security System. Alvaro Forteza and Irene Mussio. 2012. Journal of Income Distribution 21(1): 65-87. 

Book Chapters

17. Norms, networks, nudges: non-traditional approaches to improve healthy behaviors. Irene Mussio and Angela de Oliveira. 2023. Handbook of Research Methods and Applications on Behavioural Economics. Morris Altman Ed. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 83910 793 1 

Selected working papers 

18. Trust and Confidence in Institutions: religious beliefs and educational attainment. Miles-Touya, Daniel, Irene Mussio and Máximo Rossi. 2015. Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0515, Department of Economics, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República

19. Imparting and receiving violence at home in Uruguay. Bucheli, Marisa, Irene Mussio and Máximo Rossi. 2013. Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0713, Department of Economics, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República

20. Environmental Concern and Behavior: Do Personal Attributes Matter?. Natalia Melgar, Irene Mussio and Máximo Rossi. 2013. Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0113, Department of Economics, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República

Book reviews

21. Developing annuities markets: The experience of Chile. Irene Mussio and Mirko Cardinale. 2007. Rocha, Roberto and Thorburn, Craig. The World Bank, 2006, ISBN 0-8213-6666-1, 288 pages. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 6 (3): 354-6.

Policy reports (in Spanish)

22. Informe sobre prueba diagnóstica aplicada a estudiantes que ingresan a la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Irene Mussio and Leonardo Martinotti. 2013. Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 1213, Department of Economics, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República